Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran, where he will meet with Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the coming days.
“In the context of the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union, Russia is showing even more interest in cooperating with Iran,” Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi, head of the economic commission of the Iranian parliament, said about the upcoming negotiations. (quote from agency IRNA).
The Kremlin has confirmed that they are preparing for a future visit: Putin will attend a tripartite summit and hold bilateral and tripartite meetings with leaders. “The President’s trip to Tehran is being prepared. The guarantor heads of state of the Astana process will come together. “This is the process of promoting Syrian settlement, as you know,” he said. knowledgeable Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
“It will really be a meeting between Putin, Raisi and Erdogan. In addition to the three-way meeting, there will of course be a bilateral meeting. Yesterday we reported on the upcoming high-level contacts between Putin and Erdogan. “This meeting will also take place there,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
On the eve of Putin and Erdogan phoned by phone. The heads of state discussed the situation in Syria, as well as a special operation in Ukraine and the creation of safe corridors for grain exports in the Black Sea.
The visit to Iran will be the second foreign trip of the Russian President since the start of special operations. We remember that he attended the Caspian summit in Turkmenistan in June, and then met with Emmali Rahmon in Tajikistan.
Russia and Turkey Contacts
From the very beginning of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, Erdogan has offered himself as a mediator in the negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, but in recent months the negotiation process has stalled and the Turkish president has focused on resolving the issue of grain exports from Turkey. Blocked Ukrainian ports.
In particular, in the meetings held at the level of foreign ministers -Sergei Lavrov and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu- in Ankara on 8 June, the issue of creating a “grain corridor” was discussed. President Putin later stressed that the Russian side will guarantee unhindered passage of Ukrainian grain vessels if it clears the Kyiv ports of mines and ensures the export of goods via Berdyansk and Mariupol.
On June 21, a Turkish delegation flew to Moscow to discuss the creation of a safe corridor for grain exports. The Turkish Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry described the talks as “positive and constructive”.
The corridor in the Black Sea is a very important issue where the approaches of Putin and Zelensky are very important. We continue our negotiations and hope that this process will continue as a mediator under the auspices of the UN. “We will intensify our negotiations and try to get a result within 7-10 days,” Erdogan said.
A meeting on the grain problem will soon be held in Istanbul. Representatives of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN will attend the meeting. President Erdogan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres are said to be able to participate. The parties should discuss the details of the roadmap. During the negotiations, issues such as the route, insurance and security of the ships to which the grain will be transported will be addressed. Particular attention will also be paid to the problem of cleaning up the ports.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said today that the date of the meeting has already been determined – July 13.
Source: Gazeta
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