Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani while they are in Tajikistan for a security summit on Friday to discuss trade and economic ties, a Kremlin official said.
He did not say whether they would touch on an “oil-for-goods deal” which Tehran and Moscow have been discussing as a way to get around Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis and on Tehran over its nuclear program.
“Naturally, the main focus will be on strengthening trade and economic ties,” Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow at a briefing on Wednesday before …read more
Source: Voice of America
