Russian PM to meet with Iranian president in Tehran

Moscow — 

Russia announced Sunday that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin volition conscionable Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian successful Tehran connected Monday.

The announcement came arsenic Russia has condemned Israel's "political murder" of Iran-backed Hezbollah main Hassan Nasrallah successful Beirut.

Mishustin volition clasp talks with Pezeshkian and First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, the authorities connection said.

"It is planned to sermon the afloat scope of Russian-Iranian practice successful the commercialized and economical and taste and humanitarian spheres," Russia said.

The talks volition absorption connected "carrying retired ample associated projects successful fields involving transport energy, manufacture and agriculture," the connection added.

Western governments person accused Iran of supplying some drones and missiles to Moscow for its warfare connected Ukraine, a complaint Tehran has repeatedly denied.

Pezeshkian is acceptable to clasp talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a sojourn to Russia adjacent period to be the BRICS summit.

After leaving Iran, Russian Prime Minister Mishustin volition be a gathering successful Armenia connected Tuesday of the Eurasian Economic Forum, the authorities said Sunday, referring to a assemblage wrong the model of a grouping of erstwhile Soviet states.

The connection said the gathering would sermon digitalization, marketplace operations and practice wrong the Eurasian Economic Union, made up of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

Russia often presents the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) arsenic an alternate to Western governmental and economical groupings.