Relations between Moscow and Tehran are reaching a new level. This was stated by the Minister of Defense and Support of the Armed Forces of Iran, Mohammad Ashtiani, reports UNN.
"Our relations are only deepening and expanding, reaching a new level," Mohammad Ashtiani said during talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Astana.
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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ashtiani thanked Shoigu for Iran's support "at the time of the attack on the republic's embassy in the Syrian capital and Tehran's response to this attack.
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He also thanked his "Russian colleague" for the position expressed at the joint meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which took place earlier on Friday in Astana.