President Raeisi: Politico-economic consultations between Iran, Russia key to enhanced ties

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi tells his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that increased political and economic consultations between the two countries will play a leading role in the expansion of mutual relations.

In a phone call with his Russian counterpart on Saturday, Raeisi welcomed Moscow's keenness to improve economic cooperation with Tehran.

He said the expansion of infrastructural bonds, including the development of connecting routes among the Eurasian countries, would boost trade and economic cooperation in the region.

Putin, for his part, said the North-South Corridor plays an effective role in reducing the cost of transporting goods, adding that the transit route would turn into a useful way for the expansion of trade and economic cooperation in the world.

The Russian President emphasized that Tehran and Moscow enjoy great capacities to develop cooperation.

In a statement earlier in the day, the Kremlin said the Iranian and Russian presidents had, in their phone call, stressed the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation in political, trade and economic fields as well as in transport and the logistics sector.

"A number of topical issues on the bilateral agenda were discussed, with the emphasis on further enhancing cooperation in the political, trade and economic fields, including the transport and logistics sector," the Kremlin said.

The phone conversation came after Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held talks with senior Iranian officials in Tehran on Wednesday, during which the two countries pledged closer ties.

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