Tehran, YJC. Levan Dzhagaryan has expressed concern over the decrease in Iran-Russia trade in the past couple of years.

The Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan
said in an interview with RIA Novosti, expressing pity over the declined trade
between the two countries "The decrease in trade from $4billion in 2011 to $2.3
billion in 2012 indicates complicated issues in the two counties’ relations. The
two countries need to cooperate to solve these problems.”
"We hope that the relations between the Islamic
Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation will expand,” he added.
Dzhagaryan also pointed to the Bushehr power
plant and said "The construction of the first unit of the Bushehr nuclear power
plant is over,” adding "Russia is willing to expand cooperation with Iran in
the peaceful usage of nuclear energy after the Bushehr power plant is
delivered.”
He added that the Bushehr power plant works at
100 percent of its nominal capacity and maintained that after the safety and
stability tests are carried out, the plant will be officially handed to the Iranian
side.
Rejecting
the hypothesis that in case of favorable approaches between Iran and the US Russia
will lose its place in Iran’s foreign policy Dzhagaryan asserted "Russia knows Iran as an important partner in the
region, but the country’s ability in securing its national interests is more
than what seems at the first glance.”