Russia and Iran are strengthening bilateral relations in an atmosphere of “trust”, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday morning after its head, Sergei Lavrov, was received by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a visit to Tehran, Reuters and News reported. ro.

“In the traditional atmosphere of trust, the current aspects of the bilateral agenda were meaningfully discussed with an emphasis on further strengthening of the entire complex of the Russian-Iranian multidimensional partnership,” said the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow posted on Telegram. channel.

Lavrov, who arrived in Tehran shortly after a tour of Asia where he visited China and North Korea, discussed energy and logistics projects with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.

However, little has been revealed about the details of the talks, which took place amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

Lavrov also took part in regional talks hosted by Iran aimed at bringing peace to the South Caucasus region after Azerbaijani forces retook the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region last month and forced thousands of ethnic Armenians to flee.

Since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has sought to strengthen ties with countries traditionally seen as hostile to the West, accusing the “collective West” of trying to split Russia.

Ukraine has called on Tehran to stop supplying Russia with kamikaze drones, which Kyiv says have played an important role in Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Iran initially denied supplying Shahed drones to Russia, but later said it had supplied a small number of the drones before Moscow went to war.