meetings with Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Tehran on July 19, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the National Iranian Radio and Television, which was broadcast on Monday on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
He noted that the main purpose of Putin s visit to Tehran is to participate in the Astana Troika summit. "In addition, our president has three meetings scheduled: these are talks with President Raisi, with President Erdogan, and the president will also pay a visit to Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. We hope it will be a very comprehensive dialogue," the Kremlin spokesman said.