Igor Ivanov And Ali Shamkhani To Meet On Friday

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has a meeting with Iranian Defence Minister Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani scheduled for Friday, reported deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko, who also heads the Information and Press Department at the Russian foreign ministry. The sides are expected to discuss ways of expanding bilateral cooperation and the current world situation. On Tuesday, Shamkhani and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov signed a framework agreement on military-and-technical cooperation between Russia and Iran.