Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Russian President Putin To Visit Iran Next Week

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) speaks with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a Caspian summit in Ashgabat on June 29.  

RFE: Putin To Meet Raisi, Turkey's Erdogan In Tehran, Kremlin Says 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran to meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts as part of the so-called Astana format of talks related to Syria, the Kremlin has said. 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on July 12 that Putin will hold talks on July 19 with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's Ebrahim Raisi in only the Russian leader's second foreign trip since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.  

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WNU Editor: Turkey has been threatening to invade northern Syria for the past month. It looks like this summit is to dissuade Erdogan from conducting such an operation.

Russian President Putin To Visit Iran Next Week  

Putin set to visit Iran next week -- AP  

Putin to meet Erdogan and Raisi next Tuesday to discuss Syria, Kremlin says -- Reuters  

Putin announces visit to Iran after US warned Russia wants to buy drones -- Daily Mail  

Kremlin says Putin will visit Iran next week -- Axios

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