Rouhani, Putin Discuss Developments, Expansion of Ties

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed ways for expanding relations between the two countries in all fields.

In a phone call between the two leaders, they surveyed the current status of the regional and international developments and implementing the reached agreements as soon as possible.

The two presidents agreed on the need for further expansion of comprehensive relations.
"We should adopt measures to implement the reached agreements as soon as possible and move through that phase into a phase of more important moves in the two counties relations," Rouhani said.

He further stressed that the nuclear talks are passing through an important phase to reach the final negotiations phase.

Rouhani also praised Moscow's positive role in the nuclear negotiations within the Iran-powers talks as one of the members of the six world powers involved in the talks, especially in the field of bilateral economic cooperation.
"We will spend all-out efforts aimed at further development of economic cooperation between the two countries," he added.

For his part, Putin referred to the positive and constructive role played by Iran in the nuclear negotiations with the six world powers, expressing hope for the continuation of the same good trend.

"We do all our best so that the Iranian nuclear issue would lead to positive a final result," he said, and noted that "We do our best so that Iran's nuclear issue reaches the final result."

Putin also invited his Iranian counterpart to take part in the Caspian Sea Littoral Countries Summit, which is scheduled to be held in Astrakhan in September, 2014.

The latest developments in the region, in Ukraine, and in the international scene were also discussed between the two presidents in their phone talks, who were both agreed on the need for the continuation of their consultations on the regional and international affairs.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team