Moscow and Tehran are about to agree a deal that will cement closer military and security cooperation, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Speaking at the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Belarus, Lavrov said that a treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries, which had been announced last week, was being prepared.
Since the start of Vladimir Putin‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ties between Moscow and Tehran, particularly in the military sphere, have deepened. Newsweek has contacted the Iranian and Russian foreign ministries for comment.
Lavrov said on Thursday how there would be even closer cooperation with Tehran, telling the audience in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, “a serious factor in strengthening Russian-Iranian relations will be the upcoming treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Iran.”