Russia and Iran to sign strategic pact on eve of Trump’s inauguration - Newsweek
Russia and Iran are planning to sign a new strategic partnership treaty a few days before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.
This is reported by Newsweek, Censor.NET informs.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai told reporters that he hoped the leaders of the two countries would sign the agreement "at the end of January."
According to the newspaper, the new agreement, which could potentially be concluded a few days before Trump's inauguration on January 20, indicates an attempt by the two countries to join forces in the face of growing isolation on the world stage.
The agreement with Iran had been in the works for several years; in early 2022, the Russian Foreign Ministry claimed that a "major new interstate agreement" was being finalized, without providing specifics.
At the end of October 2024, a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Massoud Peseshkian at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the agreement would be ready for signing by the two leaders in the near future and that it would "formalize the parties' commitments to close defense cooperation and interaction in the interests of regional and global peace and security."
"The agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran will be an important factor in strengthening Russian-Iranian relations," Lavrov said at the International Conference on Eurasian Security.
The new bilateral agreement will replace the 20-year strategic agreement signed between the countries in 2001 and extended in 2020.
