Sanctions, nuclear: in Moscow, Raisi and Putin show their good understanding
Russian President Vladimir Putin (l) and Iranian President Ebrahim Raiss (r) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, January 19, 2022. AP - Pavel Bednyakov
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made his first visit to Moscow on Wednesday where he met his counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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With our correspondent in Moscow,
Jean Cassey
This is a new step in what looks like a veritable diplomatic marathon for Russia.
After summits with the United States, with NATO, with the OSCE, after a meeting on Tuesday between the Russian and German
foreign ministers
, this Wednesday Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raïsi in Moscow.
The opportunity for the two countries subject to heavy Western economic sanctions to show their solidarity.
The sanctions, stressed Vladimir Putin, “
have not prevented Iran from developing
”.
It is difficult not to see a message addressed to the
United States and the European Union
, while the latter are precisely considering a new set of sanctions against his country.
The meeting was also an opportunity for Moscow to call on Iran to "
clarify its position
"
on the Iran nuclear deal
.
It is also a point of convergence, one of the few, between Russia and the countries of Europe.
And an opportunity for Russia to leave the dock and show itself as a full member of the international community.
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