The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced the approval of the strategic partnership agreement with the Russian Federation

The Iranian parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Committee has approved a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with Russia. This was announced on May 19 by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Esmail Bagai, at a weekly briefing.

"The agreement was reviewed and approved by the Committee on Foreign Policy and National Security of the Mejlis," TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Bagai, the document will be submitted to the Iranian parliament for final approval and ratification in the near future.

He called the strategic partnership between Tehran and Moscow very important and stated that he considers bilateral cooperation as one of the main priorities of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

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