MOSCOW: Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday (Oct 11) in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries' growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the United States.
Russia n President Vladimir Putin meets Iran ian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a cultural forum dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Oct 11, 2024.
"Economically and culturally, our communications are being strengthened day by day and becoming more robust," Pezeshkian was cited as telling Putin by Iran's official IRNA news agency. "We actively work together in the international arena, and our assessments of current events in the world are often very close," the TASS news agency cited Putin as telling Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the conference in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat.
Pezeshkian said earlier that Israel should"stop killing innocent people", and its actions in the Middle East were backed by the US and EU.
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