Iran Press/ Asia: Iran's President arrived in Uzbekistan on the invitation of his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, to participate in the 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Visiting Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the SCO summit, Vladimir Putin, the relations between Iran and Russia were developing in all areas, and the strategic cooperation agreement, which would raise bilateral relations to a new level, was nearing completion.
Putin noted that whatever was necessary for Iran's full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization would be done.
He also appreciated the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, recalling that his support led to the progress of many joint projects between Iran and Russia.
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Ebrahim Raisi, for his part, expressed satisfaction with the remarkable progress in the relations between Russia and Iran, especially in banking, land and sea transportation, customs, and energy fields.
Pointing to the US' wrong approach to independent countries, Raisi noted: "The US thinks that if it imposes sanctions on any country, it will stop that country's government and nation, but this is a miscalculation because in practice the Americans have limited themselves."
Referring to NATO's expansionist policies and the developments in the Caucasus, Raisi said any change in the region's geopolitics was a destabilizing and unacceptable action.
Putin also reported the trip of a large trade delegation, consisting of 80 Russian companies, to Iran.
Established on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has eight members, namely India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
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