Tehran, YJC. Kuzhugetovich Shoygu is slated to pay a visit to the Iranian capital on Monday to conduct talks with high-ranking Iranian officials.
Russia’s Minister of Defense Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu will arrive in the capital city of Tehran on Monday.
His visit comes at the official
invitation of the Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan.
Shoygu is heading a high-profile delegation
which is slated to hold talks with his Iranian counterparts on a multiplicity
of bilateral, regional and international issues.
The two ministers are also expected
to sign an agreement on Iran-Russia military and defensive cooperation.
Tehran and Moscow have ramped up
military cooperation in recent years.
In October 2014, a Russian naval
fleet, consisting of two missile-launching warships, berthed at the Iranian
northern port city of Anzali to convey the message of peace and friendship.
Earlier in October 2013, Commander
of the Russian Federation Air Force Major General Viktor Bondarev paid a visit
to Iran at the invitation of Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General
Hassan Shahsafi.
The two top officers had discussed
diverse topics such as exchange of expertise regarding pilot training, as well
as Iran’s capability to train Russian aviation students, during that meeting.