Iran Leader: Tehran, Moscow can achieve common goals

Ayatollah Khamenei made the in a meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on Wednesday.

The Leader welcomed President Putin's offer to further expand cooperation with Iran in all areas, saying the useful experiences of recent years in bilateral relations and settlement of regional crises have to be used for expansion of ties.

'US coalition supporting terrorists in Syria is an undeniable fact, but they continue to plot conspiracies, hence to resolve Syrian issue firm should continue,' Ayatollah Khamenei said.

The Leader noted Tehran and Moscow's proper resistance and cooperation against terrorists' sedition and corruption in Syria is very meaningful and has made Russia influential in West Asia.

'All issues and solutions on Syrian government should emerge from inside Syria, and Syrian government should not be pressured (from outside) at all,' Ayatollah Khamenei added.

'We can nullify US sanctions, isolate it by various methods such as eliminating dollar, replacing it with national currencies in bi/multi-lateral economic transactions,' the Supreme Leader further added.

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