Raisi to visit Russia Thursday
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two countries strengthen economic and military ties in the face of Western sanctions.
Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, the Iranian president will visit Russia at the official invitation of his Russian counterpart.
Iran’s official news agency IRNA had earlier reported on the planned visit, saying that the two leaders would discuss “bilateral issues, including economic interactions, as well as discussions about regional and international issues, especially the situation in Gaza, [which] will be high on the agenda of the one-day
trip.”
“I can confirm. There will be Russian-Iranian negotiations on December 7,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday when asked about media reports.
Raisi’s visit will come a day after Putin travels to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for talks on energy and regional politics.
Putin visited Iran in July last year and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travelled to Tehran in October for talks with regional counterparts.
The visit by Raisi will be the Iranian president’s second visit to Russia after he took office in August 2021.