SAEDNEWS: Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, a senior aide said Monday.
According to SAEDNEWS, Yury Ushakov, Putin's aide on foreign policy, told journalists the leaders will meet in Ashkhabad while at an event celebrating a Turkmen poet, AFP reported.
"This meeting has great significance both for discussing bilateral issues as well as, of course, discussing the sharply escalated situation in the Middle East," Ushakov said.
