Iran-Russia cooperation agreement fully laid out: Envoy
Russia’s Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov said on Wednesday that the process of a new comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia has been completed.
In an interview with ISNA, Dedov said that two agreements on the establishment of the two countries’ cultural centers as well as an agreement on cooperation on data security, which had been earlier approved by Iran’s Parliament, were announced by Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhbar for implementation on Sunday.
“So, we can say that the process of the comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia has been completed,” he said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also said on Wednesday that Moscow was working on what she called a big treaty with Iran.
Her comment appeared to be a reference to the comprehensive bilateral cooperation agreement that is being negotiated between Tehran and Moscow.
Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko also said on Tuesday that Moscow expects to sign a new agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Iran “in the very near future.”
“We expect that this agreement will be signed in the very near future, since work on the text is already close to completion. All the necessary wording has been found.”
On June 11, Russia underlined that Tehran and Moscow are continuing work on the comprehensive cooperation agreement after Russian media reported suspension of the joint deal.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that work on a comprehensive agreement between Russia and Iran continues but the schedule may somewhat change due to the snap presidential election in Iran.
Russia and Iran signed a 20-year strategic agreement in 2001 that was automatically extended in 2020 for five years, according to Russia’s TASS state news agency reports. Both sides also agreed in 2020 to work on a new pact that would replace the old document.
The 2001 pact called, among others, for cooperation in security, energy projects, including the peaceful use of nuclear energy and the construction of nuclear power plants, industry and technology, according to its text published on the Kremlin’s website.