Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran Tuesday, to meet the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
This is the first international trip by Putin outside Russia since the invasion of Ukraine back in February.
The focus of this three-sided presidential talk is the conflict in Syria. Turkey’s President has threatened to launch yet another operation in Northern Syria, which Tehran and Moscow oppose.
Russia and Iran both strongly back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Turkey has remained against the controversial president. Turkey and Russia both stand on opposite sides of other geopolitical conflicts such as Azerbaijan and Libyan cases.
Russian officials visited an airfield in central Iran to review Tehran’s weapon drones for possible use in Ukraine, according to the Washington Post’s White House sources.
Putin’s visit seems to deepen Russia’s ties with Iran, as both are subject to US sanctions. Tehran hopes that Russia’s support could pressure Washington to offer concessions for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the United Nations are expected to sign a deal later this week to resume the international shipping of grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea.
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