{"id":273544,"date":"2023-09-21T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273544"},"modified":"2023-09-22T06:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T06:02:32","slug":"iran-russia-working-on-long-term-military-cooperation-pact-top-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273544","title":{"rendered":"Iran, Russia working on long-term military cooperation pact: Top General"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV \u2013 Sept 20, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Russian cruise missile launch from ships in the Caspian Sea to targets in Syria. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Russian cruise missile launch from ships in the Caspian Sea to targets in Syria. Click to enlargeRussian cruise missile launch from ships in the Caspian Sea to targets in Syria. Click to enlargeChief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says Tehran and Moscow are working to draw up a long-term military cooperation agreement in the near future as the world moves towards an increasingly multipolar order.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During a meeting with visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu\u00a0in Tehran on Tuesday evening, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri stressed the need for enhancement of ties between the two neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei]\u00a0believes that long-term cooperation between Iran and Russia is in the interest of both nations and for that reason, a document is being drawn up in this regard,\u201d Baqeri said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe document has laid strong emphasis on military and defense issues and can serve as a suitable platform for the development of long-term cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite increased mutual relations in recent years, we believe there are still untapped potentials for the promotion of relations between the two countries. More efforts need to be devoted to the improvement of the ties to the desired level,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Baqeri said Iranian and Russian military institutions are among the pioneers in the promotion of relations between the two countries, stating that joint military and defense commissions can certainly accelerate such a process.<\/p>\n

The current level of naval cooperation between Iran and Russia is favorable, he said, adding\u00a0that the forthcoming joint naval drills, scheduled for next February, provide an opportunity to improve the level of defense and military relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Baqeri also said that unfolding developments around the world indicate that the era of\u00a0unipolarity has come to an end and now multiple contenders are capable of shaping the world order.<\/p>\n

He highlighted that Tehran and Moscow hold the same opinion that the current world order is transforming into a multipolar one, and the trend is gaining momentum.<\/p>\n

For his part, Shoigu underscored that his visit to Tehran is meant to enhance defense cooperation in the areas of\u00a0common interest.<\/p>\n

He emphasized the need for cooperation in training, exchange of cadets as well as staging joint military exercises.<\/p>\n

The two top-brass military officials also voiced their respective countries\u2019 readiness to settle simmering tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia.<\/p>\n

Iran and Russia, as two close and strategic allies, have over the past years deepened their relations in various fields, including military and defense, despite being under heavy Western sanctions.<\/p>\n

Last month, Iran\u2019s domestically manufactured Ababil ballistic missile was for the first time put on display at a military exhibition in Russia, alongside a range of other cutting-edge Iranian military equipment, including drones and electronic warfare systems.<\/p>\n

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Both nations share a mutual adversary in the U.S. and they both want to prevent its influence spreading in the Caspian Sea region, which borders southern Russia and northern Iran. This has little to do with Israel but the Zionist state won\u2019t like this because it means that Russia will share more advanced military technology and know how with Tehran <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273544"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273564,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273544\/revisions\/273564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}