Russia and Iran are firming up bilateral relations in a 'trusting' atmosphere, Russia's foreign ministry said early on Tuesday (Oct 24) its chief, Sergei Lavrov, was received by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a visit to Tehran.
"In a traditionally trusting atmosphere, current aspects of the bilateral agenda were substantively discussed with an emphasis on further building up the entire complex of multifaceted Russian-Iranian partnership," the foreign ministry said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.As has been the Russian norm, few details of the talks, which took place amid the rising tensions in the Middle East, have been disclosed.
Ukraine has urged Tehran to stop supplying deadly drones to Russia, which Kyiv says have played a major role in Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
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