Iran tells Putin cooperation makes US-sanctioned countries ‘stronger’
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP):
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them “stronger”.
“The relationship between countries that are sanctioned by the US, such as Iran, Russia or other countries, can overcome many problems and issues and make them stronger,” Raisi said in a meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan.
“The Americans think whichever country they impose sanctions on, it will be stopped, their perception is a wrong one.”
Raisi said his country is “seriously determined to develop bilateral strategic relations” with Russia in the fields of politics, economy, trade, and aerospace.
It was the second meeting between Raisi and Putin in two months, after the Russian President’s visit to Tehran on July 19.
The Iranian president said his country’s membership in the SCO and its relationship with member states “can greatly help on the path of economic development for Iran and the development of the region.”
Iran, one of four SCO observer states, applied for full membership in 2008 but its bid was slowed by UN and US sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme.
Several SCO members did not want a country under international sanctions in their ranks — a situation that now applies to Russia as well.
At a conference in Dushanbe in September last year, members of the bloc endorsed Iran’s future membership.
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