Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, on Thursday in Moscow, RIA news agency reported.
Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that the meeting also involved Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, while the Iranian delegation included the head of Imam Khamenei’s board of advisers Ali Asghar Fathi Sarbangoli and Iran’s ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai.
Velayati hailed Iran’s ties with Russia on Wednesday as “strategic” and said he would deliver messages to Putin from Imam Khamenei and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.
Source: Agencies
