Russia to host summit in Aug. with Iran, Azerbaijan presidents

TEHRAN (defapress) – Presidents of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan will meet for a tripartite summit in Moscow in August, according to the announcement by Russian President Putin.

News ID: 77066

Date: 27 April 2019 - 13:58

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he would meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a summit in Russia during August.

Putin made the announcement to journalists in Beijing on April 26 after meeting with Aliyev on the sidelines of China’s ‘Belt and Road’ forum – an initiative aimed at reviving the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massive investments in maritime, road and rail projects.

"We agreed to hold another Russian-Azerbaijani-Iranian summit in Russia in August," Putin said.

The three presidents last met at a summit in Tehran in November 2017.

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