BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Russia in late October, the spokesperson of the Iranian government, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said at the first press conference in Tehran on September 24, TurkicWorld reports.
According to her, the Iranian president will attend the summit of BRICS member countries during his visit to Russia.
Mohajerani noted that the Iranian president is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the visit.
"A document on strategic cooperation between the two countries is in the final stage of drafting. The strategic partnership has already been established within this framework," she said.
To note, BRICS is an intergovernmental organization established in 2006. Russia assumed the BRICS chairmanship on January 1, 2024. At present, the members of the organization, in addition to Russia, are Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.