In a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov and his accompanying delegation on Wednesday in Tehran, Pezeshkian expressed satisfaction with the accelerated bilateral interactions between Iran and Russia, describing their cooperation as excellent and expanding.
He also referred to his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying those meetings resulted in important and strategic decisions that ensured not only the common interests of the two countries but also opened new horizons for Tehran-Moscow relations.
On the strategic partnership treaty, which he signed with Putin in Moscow in January last year, Pezeshkian said Iran is determined to implement the document with strength, speed, and precision, adding that the implementation process is being pursued in all agreed areas, including transportation, energy, oil and gas, agriculture and food products, defense and security cooperation.
The president clarified that he was personally following the progress of the agreement on a weekly basis, and has tasked different ministers with following up and accelerating the implementation of joint commitments.
Elsewhere during the meeting, Pezeshkian referred to unilateral approaches of some powers, urging regional countries to expand their relations devoid of any intervention of extra-regional actors in their internal affairs.
For his part, the Russian energy minister, while conveying the warm greetings of Putin to Pezeshkian, presented a report on the 19th Iran–Russia Joint Economic Cooperation Commission meeting that ended in Tehran earlier in the day.
Calling 2025 a fruitful year in Tehran-Moscow relations in terms of the development of joint cooperation, Tsivilyov said President Putin considers relations with Iran to be very important for Russia.
He also expressed the deep sympathy of the Russian government and people with the government and people of Iran following the January foreign-backed riots that left more than 3,000 people dead.
