EGN NEWS DESK
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will attend the BRICS summit of rising economies in Russia, Tehran’s ambassador in Moscow confirmed Sunday, amid rising tensions with the West over navy cooperation between the 2 nations.
Pezeshkian will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the summit, which is scheduled for Oct. 22-24 within the Russian metropolis of Kazan, Ambassador Kazem Jalali instructed Iranian state media. The two might signal a bilateral cooperation settlement, based on media reviews.
The deliberate go to comes on the again of intensifying navy cooperation between the 2 governments. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed final week that Russia had procured ballistic missiles from Iran and was more likely to deploy them in Ukraine inside weeks.
