MOSCOW, January 16, 11:51 /ITAR-TASS/. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin later on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with Zarif.

“Our countries have long traditions of good neighborly relations and friendship. Mr. Zarif today will be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin,” he said.

“At our talks we have discussed the desire to comprehensively develop mutually beneficial bilateral co-operation, with emphasis on its economic component, we also hope for interaction in the interests of regional stability and international security,” Lavrov said.