Vladimir Putin, at SCO meet says, Russia-Iran ties 'growing positively' | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed rising ties with Tehran as he met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of a regional summit on Thursday.

"On the bilateral degree, cooperation is growing positively," Putin mentioned, as Moscow appears to make use of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Uzbekistan to point out it's not remoted internationally regardless of the battle in Ukraine.

"We're doing the whole lot to make Iran a full member of the SCO," Putin added, in reference to Tehran's utility for full membership within the group, which brings collectively China, Russia, India, Pakistan and 4 ex-Soviet Central Asian international locations.

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Iran, one in all 4 SCO observer states, utilized for full membership in 2008 however its bid was slowed by UN and US sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme.

A number of SCO members didn't desire a nation beneath worldwide sanctions of their ranks -- a state of affairs that now applies to Russia as effectively.

Putin mentioned work on a serious new Russia-Iran treaty on strategic ties was almost accomplished and that Moscow can be sending a Russian enterprise delegation to Iran subsequent week to develop industrial ties.