TEHRAN, June 22. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived at the Iranian capital on Wednesday on a two-day visit, according to a TASS reporter.

The Russian minister is set to meet Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier said that the sides intend to exchange views on a number of pressing international issues, including the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program, the state of affairs in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Transcaucasia, Yemen and around the Caspian Sea. In addition, the ministers will discuss a bilateral agenda, which, among other things, concerns the implementation of key joint projects in the field of energy and transport, as well as the prospects for stepping cultural and humanitarian ties.