Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that he had a good meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and they discussed developments in the Middle East in detail, Reuters reports citing Russian state news agency RIA.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and Araghchi discussed a range of issues, with a particular focus on steering the regional situation toward a peaceful resolution.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on June 23. — AFP
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on June 23. — AFP

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