President Rouhani arrived in the Russian capital earlier in the day for a two-day visit upon an official invitation by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
During the meeting with Medvedev, which was the first meeting of President Rouhani in his Moscow visit, the president expressed hope the visit will mark a breakthrough in expansion of Tehran-Moscow cooperation in different political, economic, cultural and international areas.
Referring to cooperation between the two capitals on regional and international issues, President Rouhani said, “Undoubtedly Iran-Russia relations will positively affect the establishment of stability and security in the region and the entire world.”
The Russian prime minister, for his part, congratulated President Rouhani on the Iranian New Year (Norouz), adding, Moscow is determined to promote ties with Tehran in all areas.
Medvedev expressed satisfaction with the ongoing cooperation between Iran and Russia, saying, there is no doubt that bilateral talks in Moscow would highly help deepen bilateral relations.
President Rouhani is scheduled to meet President Putin on Tuesday in a meeting in the Kremlin where the two presidents are to discuss different areas of increasing cooperation between Tehran and Moscow including on major regional developments.
During President Rouhani’s two-day visit to Moscow, the two sides are due to sign 15 documents in different fields including consular cooperation, tourism, economy, communications and legal and judicial cooperation.
President Rouhani is also scheduled to give a speech at Moscow State University where he will be granted an honorary PhD.
At the end of the visit, the two presidents will issue a joint statement.
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