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Turkey, Iran and Russia want to "develop a diplomatic format excluding Westerners"

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi attend a welcoming ceremony in Tehran, July 19, 2022. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in Tehran for a tripartite summit with the President Ebrahim Raïssi devoted to Syria, as well as bilateral meetings.

via REUTERS - PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE

By: Clementine Pawlotsky

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The Iranian, Russian and Turkish presidents are meeting in Tehran for talks focusing primarily on the conflict in Syria, but also on the war in Ukraine and its fallout on global economies.

This tripartite meeting comes a few days after the US president's tour of the Middle East, where he visited Israel and Saudi Arabia, two countries hostile to Iran.

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The war in Ukraine has strengthened the anti-Western alliance between these countries, which share common interests despite differences.

The analysis of Clément Therme, associate researcher at the International Institute of Iranian Studies (Rasanah), lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris and author of a study for Ifri “The Russian-Iranian partnership.

A conjunctural agreement with security overtones” (March 2022).

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  • Iran

  • Russia

  • Turkey

  • Ebrahim Raisi

  • Vladimir Poutine

  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  • Ukraine

  • Syria

  • Economy

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