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Thursday, July 12, 2018
Putin hosts aide to Iran’s supreme leader hours after talks with Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussian President Vladimir Putin receives the Iranian leader’s top adviser hours after conferring with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran’s presence in Syria.
The Kremlin says that Putin has met with Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but wouldn’t offer any details of the talks. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, says that Velayati handed Putin letters from Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Peskov says in a conference call with reporters that the letters dealt with bilateral relations and the situation in the region, but refused to elaborate.
Velayati’s visit comes hours after Putin hosted Netanyahu, who reaffirmed the Israeli demand for the Iranian withdrawal from Syria.
— AP
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