Novak announced the signing of an agreement between Russia and Iran

Moscow and Tehran have agreed on a number of important documents that will be signed in the near future. This was announced on Friday, December 8, by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Alexander Novak, who the day before participated in Russian-Iranian high-level negotiations.

As the Deputy Prime Minister clarified on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, it is planned to sign an agreement on a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union in December. In addition, “we will soon reach a key document – this is an interstate agreement.”

Novak emphasized that the leaders of the Russian Federation and Iran, Vladimir Putin and Ebrahim Raisi, during negotiations in Moscow, “went through” in detail the entire chain of trade and economic relations, and also discussed financial and banking relationships and settlements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, after negotiations with his Iranian counterpart, said that bilateral relations are developing very wellin particular, in 2022, mutual trade turnover increased by 20%.

White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said Iran intends to cooperate with Moscow obtain Russian-made weapons. However, the official was unable to prove his accusations, admitting that “it cannot be said that we observed real evidence of the movement of these types of defense products.”