Iran Press/ Europe: Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, to the invitation of Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian National Security Council, at the head of a delegation arrived in Saint Petersburg to participate in the 12th International Security Summit of Russia, which is attended by the ministers of defense and the secretaries of the National Security Council of more than one hundred countries.
Aligned with Iran’s policy of multilateralism and continuing the nation’s proactive political-security diplomacy, particularly under the Raisi administration, Ahmadian aims to bolster bilateral, regional, and international relations.
He is scheduled to engage in discussions with counterparts from Russia, Brazil, South Africa, China, India, and Iraq.
During this trip, Ahmadian also participates in the meeting of the secretaries of the National Security Council of BRICS member states.
The annual Russian security summit, which is hosted by one of the cities of this country every year, is held at the initiative of Russia and to confront the unilateralism of the West, especially the United States in the realm of international security. 219
