Iran, Russia discuss long-term strategic cooperation deal

Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali and Russian deputy foreign minister discussed long-term strategic cooperation deal to be signed between the two sides soon.

News ID: 5225

Date: 09 October 2024 - 13:14

TABNAK, Oct, 09: During the meeting, Jalali called for facilitating the mutual agreements.

Earlier on September 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved of a proposal forwarded by the country’s foreign ministry for signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Iran.

Putin expressed his approval through a decree that was issued on the same date.

The decree stated that signing of such an agreement would be “expedient,” without specifying the timing of its expected conclusion.

The countries signed a 10-year deal, dubbed the Treaty on the Basis of Mutual Relations and Principles of Cooperation between Iran and Russia, in 2001. Upon the conclusion of its period, the agreement was extended for two five-year terms, extending its expiration date until 2026.

Negotiations about potential conclusion of another long-term agreement were initiated under the administration of Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic’s seventh president.

In January 2022, late president Ebrahim Raeisi, head of the succeeding Iranian administration, visited Moscow and said he had presented Putin with draft documents on strategic cooperation that would cement collaboration between the two sides for the following two decades.

On September 12, Putin said he planned to meet and hold talks with Pezeshkian on the fringes of the upcoming meeting of the BRICS group of countries, which is scheduled to be held in the western Russian city of Kazan next month.

He added that Russia expected a separate trip by the Iranian president for conclusion of a joint comprehensive cooperation agreement between the countries.