Iran Press/ Asia: The meeting was held on the sidelines of the meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors underway in China and the two sides discussed issues of interest to the two countries.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described the existing capacities in the field of cooperation between Iran and Russia in various areas as satisfactorily and called for enhancing bilateral relations.
Pointing to the importance of cooperation with the neighbors for the Islamic Republic of Iran, he called for serious cooperation with neighbors and opposed unilateral sanctions against countries.
For his part, Sergei Lavrov said that Russia was interested in increasing all-out cooperation in all fields with its neighbors, especially Iran.
Lavrov stressed his country's readiness to develop cooperation with Iran.
The two sides also discussed the developments in Afghanistan, the acceleration of the Islamic Republic of Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the latest status of the Vienna talks, and the close cooperation of the delegations of the two states in the process of talks and cooperation in the Caspian Sea region.
The Iranian top diplomat had also met with the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Qatar, Indonesia, and Turkmenistan on the sidelines of the China-hosted meeting on Afghanistan.
211
