[Regnum] On Friday, January 17, in the Kremlin,Russian and Iranian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian signed an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.| Let us wish them much joy of one another while they await President Trump’s next steps. |
During the signing ceremony, Putin called the agreement a breakthrough and noted that the document is aimed at creating conditions for stable and sustainable development. Relations between the two countries are built on the principles of equality, respect and mutual assistance, the head of the Russian state said.
The agreement will secure the status of relations between Russia and Iran as strategic partners. The document sets out the legal framework for further development of cooperation in the long term. The agreement will cover the defense sphere, the fight against terrorism, energy, finance, transport, industry, agriculture, culture, science and technology.
Currently, Russia and Iran are guided by the provisions of the Treaty on the Fundamentals of Relations and Principles of Cooperation. It was concluded in 2001 for a period of 10 years and was automatically extended every five years. The new treaty was concluded for 20 years.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmail Bagai previously noted that the new agreement between Russia and Iran will affect defense and security issues. In the last 20-30 years, Moscow and Tehran have significantly increased the volume of cooperation, and there was a need to update the document, he said.
The agreement between Moscow and Tehran is not directed against third countries, noted the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov. After the signing of the main agreement, one should also expect the conclusion of sectoral bilateral agreements, Peskov pointed out.
| The Times of Israel adds: |
At their joint presser in Moscow, the two leaders, whose countries are subject to heavy Western sanctions, also expressed hope for the success of the Israel-Hamas
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The agreement did not include a mutual defense clause of the kind included in a treaty between Russia and North Korea
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, which the West says has seen North Korean troops deployed to fight in Ukraine, something Moscow has neither confirmed nor denied.
The agreement made no specific mention of arms transfers, a topic of particular concern to the US and its allies, though the two sides said they would develop "military-technical cooperation."
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has already supplied Russia with self-detonating "Shahed" drones that Moscow fires on Ukraine in nightly barrages, according to Ukrainian and Western officials.
Iran, in turn, wants sophisticated Russian weapons like long-range air defense systems and fighter jets to help fend off possible attacks by Israel. Russia has supplied Iran with S-300 air defense missile systems in the past, and there have been reports in Iranian media of potential interest in buying more advanced systems such as the S-400 and acquiring advanced Russian fighter jets.
Tehran has long hoped to obtain advanced Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia to upgrade its aging fleet that’s been hobbled by international sanctions, but only received a few Yak-130 trainer jets in 2023.
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speaking alongside Pezeshkian Friday, Putin said his country was open to taking on more nuclear projects in Iran despite delays in building new nuclear reactors there.
Russia built Iran’s first nuclear plant that was launched in 2013 and is building two more nuclear reactors there.