MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. The development of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Iran, as well as international issues with a focus on the situation in the Middle East, were the subject of a meeting held at the Kremlin the previous day between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei.

"The meeting focused on the current state and prospects for further development of bilateral cooperation in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and Iran, as well as international and regional issues, with an emphasis on the situation in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East as a whole," the Kremlin press service said, providing details of the meeting.

The Russian side also confirmed that Rezaei had delivered a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and Chief of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate Igor Kostyukov attended the meeting.