SAMARKAND
\nIran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them \u201cstronger\u201d. \u201cThe 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,\u201d Raisi said in a meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan.
\n\u201cThe Americans think whichever country they impose sanctions on, it will be stopped, their perception is a wrong one.\u201d
\nRaisi said his country is \u201cseriously determined to develop bilateral strategic relations\u201d 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\u2019s visit to Tehran on July 19.
\nPutin also hailed growing ties with the Islamic republic, saying \u201con the bilateral level, cooperation is developing positively\u201d
\nHe added that work on a major new Russia-Iran treaty on strategic ties was nearly completed and that Moscow would be sending a Russian business delegation to Iran next week to develop commercial ties.
\n\u201cWe are doing everything to make Iran a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation,\u201d Putin added, in reference to Tehran\u2019s application for full membership in the group, which brings together China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and four ex-Soviet Central Asian countries.
\nFor his part, the Iranian president said his country\u2019s membership in the SCO and its relationship with member states \u201ccan greatly help on the path of economic development for Iran and the development of the region.\u201d
\nIran, 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.
\nSeveral SCO members did not want a country under international sanctions in their ranks, a situation that now applies to Russia as well.
\nAt a conference in Dushanbe in September last year, members of the bloc endorsed Iran\u2019s future membership.
\nOn the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand on Wednesday, Iran signed documents pertaining to its full membership in the organisation due to take place in the future, the country\u2019s foreign minister said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SAMARKAND Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them \u201cstronger\u201d. \u201cThe 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,\u201d Raisi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-283678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n