Iranian, Russian presidents urge expansion of ties

Moscow, July 19, IRNA - Iranian and Russian presidents, in a telephone conversation on Friday evening, called for further expansion of Tehran-Moscow ties.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and his Russian counterpart
President Dmitry Medvedev expressed the hope that the Saturday meeting of EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana and Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on the country's peaceful nuclear program would be fruitful.

The Russian president voiced Moscow's interest in settlement of
dispute over the Iranian nuclear program through diplomacy, and
expressed his satisfaction with Tehran's readiness for comprehensive
talks on the issue.

Underlining the need for further cooperation between Tehran and the
International Atomic Energy Agency, President Medvedev called for
removing all the ambiguities and settlement of the remaining issues.

The two presidents also expressed pleasure with the current level of
Tehran-Moscow relations and termed it as very high.