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Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan meeting to boost regional peace, security

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News ID: 4131220 - Wed 1 November 2017 - 09:55
Politics
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Iranian FM Zarif said the upcoming trilateral meeting in Tehran between Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia will provide grounds for regional cooperation to boost economic development, peace and stability in the region.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in the 23rd Iranian International Press and News Agencies Exhibition, adding “the three countries of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan share mutual interests, the most important of which are transit and energy."

Zarif referred to the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s trip to Tehran and said “the first joint session between the three presidents took place in Baku. As per the suggestion of Azerbaijan’s president, it was decided that the next session should be held in Tehran.”

The Iranian top diplomat went on to say that Iran is currently working with five Caspian Sea littoral states which include Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia. Regional cooperation is highly important in terms of national security and economic development. He expressed optimism that tomorrow’s meeting could prove beneficial in this regard.

“Tomorrow’s meeting is an opportunity for President Rouhani to hold bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev and to discuss regional issues particularly Syrian crisis.

When asked about Donald Trump’s request to meet with Iran’s president, Zarif replied “it wasn’t a serious request, so we paid no attention to it. This matter must be carefully evaluated. I have no regard for what the US President does.”

The main objective on the Wednesday visit of Russia’s Putin and Azerbaijan’s Aliyev to Tehran is to follow up talks on the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC).


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Syria, oil high on Putin's agenda in Tehran: Kremlin

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News ID: 4130775 - Tue 31 October 2017 - 16:58
Politics
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Syria crisis and energy cooperation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iran’s top authority supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when he visits Tehran on Wednesday, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
“Syria-related issues will be on the agenda of the Russian-Iranian bilateral talks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters. He did not elaborate.

Putin will also hold trilateral talks with Rouhani and lham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, during his working visit to Tehran, Peskov said, Reuters reported.


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Iran, Russia's North Caucasus to boost co-op
Moscow, Oct 27, IRNA – Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development and the Russian Minister of North Caucasus Affairs called for enhancing cooperation between the Russian district and Iran, particularly with the Iranian northern provinces.

Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, who is visiting Moscow, on Thursday met the Russian Minsiter of North Causasus Affairs Lev Kuzentsov. The two officials discussed various issues, on top of which were bilateral ties including economy, trade, tourism, transportation and shipping.

The Russian minister said that the bilateral cooperation will be sustained on the basis of the priorities determined by the two countries' presidents in March.

Saying that Russia is planning to use its ports in the Caspian Sea, especially in the framework of the North-South Transport Corridor, he added that over the last year, 7,000 containers were shipped through the Corridor.

He also said that Russia is planning to construct a deep-water port in the Caspian Sea for large ships.

Kuzentsov called for more cooperation between Iran and the Muslim majority provinces and Republics o Russia on agriculture and food products, arguing that Halal industry is just one of the potential fields for cooperation between the regions and Iran.

Akhoundi, meanwhile, said that enhancing the cooperation would lead to flourishing the shipping industry in the Caspian Sea within a bilateral cooperation framework, as well as establishing commercial and passenger flights between the North Caucasus and Iran's northern provinces.

He also emphasized the role of governmental management in increasing the competitiveness in the Corridor through cutting transportation tariffs and using large cargo ships.

The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region, and embraces the Republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Republic of Adygea, North Ossetia–Alania, Karachay, Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Krai. The region with a Muslim-majority population is neighboring Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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