Iran, Russia FMs discuss ties, regional developments by phone

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged views on bilateral and regional issues in a telephone conversation on Wednesday.

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In the telephone conversation, the foreign ministers of Iran and Russia welcomed the agreement reached between Kabul and Islamabad, mediated by the governments of Qatar and Turkey, on a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

Araghchi and Lavrov also also discussed developments in the Middle East, especially Palestine's Gaza and the bringing up and follow up on the issue in the UN Security Council, as well as the situation in the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)./mehr