Russia and Iran Sign Military Cooperation Deal

  20 January 2015    Read: 1281
Russia and Iran Sign Military Cooperation Deal
Russia and Iran has signed a military cooperation deal.
“A great step in consolidating these relations [between Russia and Iran] was today’s signing of an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation. A theoretic base of cooperation in the military sphere has been created,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said after signing the agreement with Iranian Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Minister Hossein Dehghan in the country’s capital of Tehran, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.

Shoigu added that during negotiations, an agreement was reached on “bilateral cooperation in practical regards and to promote an increase in the military capabilities of the armed forces of our countries.”

Russia and Iran have agreed to confront external meddling in the affairs of the region, Iranian Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Minister Hossein Dehghan said Tuesday.

Russia and Iran also agreed on increasing the number of port calls by the navies of both countries. “We agreed to expand the practice of making port calls by Russian and Iranian warships,” Shoigu said.

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