Iran tells Putin cooperation makes US-sanctioned countries 'stronger'
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi 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."
President Vladimir Putin says a Russian delegation of 80 large companies are set to visit Iran next week, as the Islamic Republic signed documents pertaining to its full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which is due to take place in the near future.
Putin made the announcement in a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi on the sidelines of a SCO’s summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported.
The Russian leader said "As we agreed with you, we have done everything for Iran to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Our partners in this organisation have supported your application; all that is left is one last formality. It is indeed a formality, and Iran is joining this already serious, large and authoritative international organisation," Putin said. "And we are very happy about this.”
