Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan who arrived in Moscow on Monday for an official visit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, held talks with President Putin on Tuesday over bilateral, regional and international issues.
During the meeting which lasted over an hour, Putin deemed the expansion of defense and security cooperation between Tehran and Moscow a ‘natural and inevitable’ fact in line with the two countries’ interests, and stressed the continuation of cooperation within the framework of signed bilateral agreements.
Putin further highlighted Iran-Russia’s strategic cooperation on countering and containing regional crises, saying the two countries’ roles in establishing sustainable security in the region is highly significant.
