MOSCOW, August 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian agreed in a phone call to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in China this week, the Kremlin’s press office announced in a statement on Monday.
According to the statement, the Russian and Iranian presidents "have agreed to meet at the upcoming SCO Summit in China," which is scheduled to run between August 31 and September 1.
Russia and Iran have been maintaining permanent contacts regarding various issues, including on the Iranian nuclear issue.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement earlier in the day, that Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi informed his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov by phone about recent discussions with British, German, and French counterparts regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
"The Iranian foreign minister briefed Lavrov in detail on the results of his phone conversation with his counterparts from the UK, Germany, and France on the settlement of issues surrounding Iran’s nuclear program," the Russian ministry’s statement reads.
