INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
He will soon start working as Russia's new ambassador to Iran
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian the
synchronized their schedules of future high-level and summit meeting," the ministry said.The Russian Foreign Ministry added that at the
the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.In late August, the Iranian foreign minister paid a visit to Moscow, where he met Lavrov
press conference held with his Russian counterpart during his visit to Moscow, Amir Abdollahian said that he had discussed with him the
message sent by European leaders to the President of the Islamic Republic to help with achieving a ceasefire and peace in Ukraine.In the
meeting with Lavrov, the Iranian foreign minister said that relations between Iran and Russia follow the right path and underlined the
necessity of continuation and strengthening of common efforts to further expand relations in different sphere, according to the Iranian
foreign ministry.In this regard, he described as significant the necessity of common work to realize and implement the agreements reached
between the presidents of Iran and Russia in Ashgabat and Tehran.Amir Abdollahian also welcomed the growing trend of trade cooperation
between the two countries, noting that easing this portion of bilateral cooperation and removing obstacles and problems will pave the way
for stronger trade between the two countries.The foreign minister also underlined the need to strengthen cooperation between the two
countries in the field of railroads and called for speeding up the implementation process of railroad and transportation
projects.Accordingly, he underlined that enhancing cooperation in the North-South transit corridor is a key priority of Iran and that the
Rasht-Astara railway link project will become operational as part of the joint agreements.Amir Abdollahian also welcomed the proposal by the
Russian side for joint work on fisheries and cultural, sports and tourism cooperation and described these topics as among the good potential
for cooperation between the two states.On regional and international issues, those that were raised by Amir Abdollahian during the meeting
were the situation in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Palestine and also South Caucasus.During the meeting, Lavrov also underlined
the significance of the agreements reached between the presidents of the two countries in Ashgabat and stressed the necessity of joint
efforts to implement them.Lavrov also welcomed the all-out enhancement of bilateral ties, including trade ones, expressing hope that as a
result of the increased exchange of economic and trade delegations between the two countries and the agreements reached, the two sides will
further grow cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.Lavrov, too, touched on such issues as energy, finance and banking, transit and
transportation, railways, oil and natural gas, agriculture, fisheries, tourism and sport and described them as major areas of cooperation
between the two countries.He added that Russia is ready to strengthen bilateral cooperation in these areas in line with common interests of
both countries.Lavrov also talked about the developments in South Caucasus and reaffirmed the comments by the Iranian foreign minister on
