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russian prime minister mishustin visits iran for the first time

2024-10-01

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according to reports from tass, russia today (rt) and other media, on september 30, local time, russian prime minister mishustin visited iran and met with iranian president pezeshizyan, vice president arif and other senior officials. this is mishustin’s beijing visits iran for the first time as prime minister.

during the talks, the two sides focused on bilateral cooperation, trade expansion, diversification, and major investment projects. mishustin said that russia is willing to strengthen interaction and cooperation with iran, especially in the fields of energy, industry, transportation, culture and other fields.

mishustin pointed out during the meeting: "russia intends to raise the cooperation between the two countries to a higher level and give it new meaning. these decisions were made by the leaders of the two countries, russian president vladimir putin and iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. ”

russian deputy prime minister overchuk said after the talks that the scope of negotiations is not limited to bilateral relations, and the participation of the two countries in large-scale transnational projects is also on the agenda.

overchuk said: "of course, first of all, there were discussions on issues on the bilateral agenda. but today these issues go far beyond the relations between russia and iran, because to a large extent they determine the future of the new world. how relationships will be constructed under the conditions of order formation.”

overchuk praised mishustin's visit as a "historic" milestone and emphasized that this was his first official visit to iran as prime minister. he also said that the two sides discussed strengthening cooperation in eurasia, including developing and expanding north-south transport corridor running through russia and iran.

during the meeting, pezeshchiyan said that the agreement to build iran into a transportation hub and natural gas hub in the region is a model of bilateral cooperation between iran and russia and is in the interest of both countries while promoting sustainable development and economic growth in the region. iran believes that the implementation of these projects in the future can enhance the two countries' ability to resist high-pressure u.s. sanctions.

pezeshchiyan emphasized that the israeli regime is directly supported by the united states and its purpose is to expand the united states' presence in the region. in response to the us-israel behavior of creating tension, regional countries need to strengthen cooperation and jointly combat this behavior.

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