TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan next week, Iranian state media reported.
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, said Pezeshkian would travel to Bishkek to attend the SCO summit, where he is expected to meet Putin for the sixth time.
The meeting is scheduled to take place during the summit on Tuesday and comes at a time of heightened regional tensions, with Iran remaining at war with the United States since February 28.
The talks are expected to provide the two leaders an opportunity to discuss bilateral relations as well as the evolving regional and international situation.
