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Sunday, February 21, 2016
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Russia’s defense minister makes surprise Iran visit
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrives on Sunday in Tehran for a surprise visit, Iran’s state television reports.
Shoigu is expected to meet President Hassan Rouhani and his counterpart Hossein Dehghan during his trip to discuss the “situation in the region,” it said.
The trip comes days after Dehghan visited Moscow on Tuesday, during which Shoigu said Russia and Iran were ready to step up their military cooperation.
Russia and Iran are both longtime allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
— AFP
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