Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Monday. “They reaffirmed their commitment to continuing strategic cooperation in line with a roadmap established by the two countries’ top leaders,” reported IRNA. They also discussed the latest regional and international developments, with particular focus on West Asia, as part of high-level consultations between Tehran and Moscow.

At the same time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko and Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Kinshchak held meetings with Mohammad AliBek, an aide to the Iranian Foreign Minister and Director General for Persian Gulf Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, reported TASS.