Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran to speed up the implementation of agreements between the two countries, citing energy, transport, trade and power generation as priority areas, according to the Tehran Times.

Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow’s intention to expand cooperation in oil and gas, energy, transport, communications, media, culture, science and higher education. According to Brasil de Fato, the Russian minister discussed the crisis in Ukraine in Tehran and reinforced the partnership with Iran.