Conflicts

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and his Iranian counterpart, Masud Pezeshkian, said they had similar positions on a number of international issues amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as well as the now more than two and a half years of Russian offensives in Ukraine.

The two leaders spoke for about an hour, according to the Kremlin, while attending a regional forum in Ashkhabat, Turkmenistan. It was the first one-on-one meeting between the two leaders since the Iranian leader was elected in July.

"We are actively cooperating on the international stage and our assessments of world events are often very similar," Putin told Pezeshkian.

"Relations with Iran are a priority for us and are developing successfully," he added in a brief address broadcast by Russian state television.

(FM/Source: Agency/Photo: DPA/Kremlin Pool)