“On our part, we will do everything that corresponds to your interests, that corresponds to the interests of all the nations of the region, so that peace is achieved as soon as possible,” Putin said, according to the state-run TASS agency. According to the Russian leader, the Iranian people are fighting for their independence and sovereignty.
“Iran and Russia are still conducting bilateral negotiations together. We are consulting together on a wide range of issues,” said Arakčí after arriving in St. Petersburg, according to the TASS agency.
Arakčí’s tour to Pakistan and Oman, i.e. to the countries that belong to the mediators in the peace negotiations in the conflict between the United States and Tehran, ends with a visit to Russia.
Russia and Iran are strategic allies, but Moscow has so far been cautious in its stance and does not want to be drawn into conflicts in the Middle East, given that it continues to invade Ukraine, Deutsche Welle reminds.
Arakčí’s trips come against the background of blocked negotiations with the United States, when both feuding parties mutually reject demands that would lead to the conclusion of a permanent peace.
On Monday, the website Axios wrote that Tehran submitted a new proposal to the United States to open the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, with the understanding that nuclear talks would be postponed until a later stage of negotiations.
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump canceled the planned trip to Islamabad of his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, saying that the negotiations there would be useless, they would just “sit there and talk about nothing”, Trump said.
Washington is calling on Tehran to stop enriching uranium, which it says is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Tehran counters that its nuclear program serves only peaceful purposes.
Since April 8, a truce has been in effect between Iran and the US, which was originally two weeks long, then Trump extended it until Tehran submits a peace proposal.
