Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC , 9th Dec. According to an official news agency IRNA on Friday stated that the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that “the ground is prepared” for taking more effective steps to expand cooperation between Iran and Russia in line with the interests of both sides.
Mr. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday as he commented on the two countries’ good bilateral cooperation in the energy and agriculture sectors and the area of knowledge-based firms.
He cited a statement issued on the Iranian presidency’s website.
Raisi expressed satisfaction with the growing bilateral relations, said cooperation with Russia was important in line with Iran’s neighbour-oriented policy.
Raisi said on the regional and international developments, what had caused humanity suffering were unilateralism and an unjust world order, “one of the manifestations of which can be seen today in Gaza.”
He denounced Israel’s “crimes against the defenceless people of Gaza as genocide and crimes against humanity”, referring to Israel’s ongoing strikes on the Gaza Strip.
“Israel’s crimes, including the killing of over 6,000 children in military strikes on Gaza, were supported by the United States and (some) Western countries,” Raisi said.
He regretted that “one child is dying every 10 minutes in Gaza”, highlighted the necessity to stop “the bombardments and crimes” against Palestinians in the coastal enclave.
Putin said that the relations between the two countries were “at the best possible level”.
He added that Russian traders’ eye-catching presence in Iran’s trade exhibitions and the 20 per cent rise in bilateral trade with an annual turnover of $5 billion in the past year was indicative of the determination of Moscow and Tehran to open a new chapter in bilateral ties.
He said joint transportation, road, and railroad projects were progressing well and the two countries’ cooperation in the energy sector was witnessing continuous growth.
Mr. Putin pointed to the two countries’ common positions on regional issues, emphasized that exchanging views on Palestine’s issue and the Gaza Strip was also among the topics of negotiations between Russia and Iran.
Iran and Russia, both being sanctioned by the United States have expanded bilateral political and economic relations to counter the US moves.
According to Iran’s official news agency IRNA, both nations signed a joint declaration of cooperation to counter the sanctions and reduce the unilateral coercive measures’ negative impacts.
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