TEHRAN, October 19. /TASS/. Moscow will not abandon its economic agreements with Iran despite the difficult situation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a joint press conference following talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

"Despite the challenging situation, which has repeatedly been mentioned, Russia has no intention to abandon the implementation of economic and investment agreements with Iran," he said.

Supporting his words, the minister noted that "Russian specialists are gradually returning to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant."

"Great prospects are [opening up] in the area of hydrocarbon extraction and transportation. Russia’s contractor is continuing engineering surveys along the route of the future Rasht-Astara railway line project and will begin construction as soon as the Iranian side completes the processing of necessary documents," he added.