Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian held talks his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday.

Amir Abdollahian, who is in Moscow as part of the first visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Russia, discussed with Lavrov the most important bilateral, regional and international issues, Mehr news agency reported.

During the meeting, the foreign ministers of the two countries discussed the interactions between the two countries in various political, economic, and cultural fields

Referring to President Raisi’s visit to Moscow, Lavrov said, “The first visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow is very important.”

Important regional and international issues were also among the topics discussed by Amir-Abdollahian and Lavrov.

Saying that the presidents of the two countries had detailed talks yesterday, Lavrov stressed the plans of Raisi’s visit to Moscow were very concisely.

Earlier on Thursday, Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky in Moscow.

Source: Iranian media