Russia's Putin arrives in Tehran for trilateral summit on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran for talks Tuesday on the Syrian war at a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from his country's war on Ukraine.
Putin travelled abroad for only the second time since ordering the invasion of Ukraine in order to attend the gathering that also involves Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The summit comes days after US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East for the first time in his presidency, with stops in Iran's regional foes Israel and Saudi Arabia.
It is the first hosted by Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi since he took office last year and is ostensibly aimed at ending more than 11 years of conflict in Syria.
All three are involved in the conflict, with Iran and Russia supporting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey backing rebel forces.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei receives visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Also Ayatollah Khamenei met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Tehran earlier on Tuesday to take part in a three-way summit with the Iranian and Turkish presidents Ebrahim Raeisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Syria peace process.
Prior to Putin's meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei, the Iranian and Russian presidents discussed ways to boost mutual relations in different fields, including energy and transit as well as trade exchanges.
