Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran Next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the US warned that Tehran could provide drones to Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.
During his visit to Tehran next Tuesday, Putin will participate in a tripartite meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, the so-called Astana draft meetings for talks related to Syria, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry. peskov Told.
Putin’s Iran visit will follow US President Joe BidenVisits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, where Iran’s nuclear program and deadly activities in the region will be a major topic of discussion.
Peskov told reporters that Putin would also have a separate meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his visit to Tehran.
In March, Erdogan helped mediate talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, Turkey. Peskov said that there has been no discussion about a new round of such talks.
The White House said on Monday that it believed Russia Ukraine is turning to Iran to provide “hundreds” of drones, including those capable of carrying weapons, for use in Ukraine.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was not clear whether Iran had already provided any vehicles to Russia, but said the US has “information” that indicates Iran as of this month. I am preparing to train the Russian military to use them as soon as possible.
“Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide several hundred UAVs to Russia, including weapons-capable UAVs,” Sullivan told reporters on Monday.
Nasser Kanani, spokesman for the Iranian foreign minister, did not refute the US claim in remarks on Tuesday.
“Iran’s cooperation with Russia in some sophisticated technologies predates the Russo-Ukraine war,” he said. “Recently there has been no particular development in this regard.”
Iran has long worked on the development of drones, including the so-called “roaming warships”, Switchblade-like “kamikaze” drones that the US delivered to Ukraine.
The US’s decision to publicly reveal that the two countries’ main regional rivals were helping to reunify Russia came as both Israel and Saudi Arabia punished Russia for its actions in Ukraine because of their domestic interests. Joining global efforts to
In Tehran, the head of the Iranian parliament’s economic committee, Mohammadrez Pourebrahimi, told state-run news agency IRNA that Putin’s visit would seek to improve economic ties between the two sanctions-hit countries.
During his visit to Tehran next Tuesday, Putin will participate in a tripartite meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, the so-called Astana draft meetings for talks related to Syria, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry. peskov Told.
Putin’s Iran visit will follow US President Joe BidenVisits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, where Iran’s nuclear program and deadly activities in the region will be a major topic of discussion.
Peskov told reporters that Putin would also have a separate meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his visit to Tehran.
In March, Erdogan helped mediate talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, Turkey. Peskov said that there has been no discussion about a new round of such talks.
The White House said on Monday that it believed Russia Ukraine is turning to Iran to provide “hundreds” of drones, including those capable of carrying weapons, for use in Ukraine.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was not clear whether Iran had already provided any vehicles to Russia, but said the US has “information” that indicates Iran as of this month. I am preparing to train the Russian military to use them as soon as possible.
“Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide several hundred UAVs to Russia, including weapons-capable UAVs,” Sullivan told reporters on Monday.
Nasser Kanani, spokesman for the Iranian foreign minister, did not refute the US claim in remarks on Tuesday.
“Iran’s cooperation with Russia in some sophisticated technologies predates the Russo-Ukraine war,” he said. “Recently there has been no particular development in this regard.”
Iran has long worked on the development of drones, including the so-called “roaming warships”, Switchblade-like “kamikaze” drones that the US delivered to Ukraine.
The US’s decision to publicly reveal that the two countries’ main regional rivals were helping to reunify Russia came as both Israel and Saudi Arabia punished Russia for its actions in Ukraine because of their domestic interests. Joining global efforts to
In Tehran, the head of the Iranian parliament’s economic committee, Mohammadrez Pourebrahimi, told state-run news agency IRNA that Putin’s visit would seek to improve economic ties between the two sanctions-hit countries.