{"id":278965,"date":"2024-10-08T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=278965"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:09:57","slug":"russian-pres-putin-to-meet-iran-pres-pezeshkian-in-turkmenistan-friday-news-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=278965","title":{"rendered":"Russian Pres Putin to meet Iran Pres Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan Friday: news agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/10\/07\/image-214846-1728316979.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran&#8217;s President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, a senior aide said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yury Ushakov, Putin&#8217;s aide on foreign policy, told journalists the leaders will meet in Ashgabat while attending an event celebrating a Turkmen poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This meeting has great significance both for discussing bilateral issues as well as, of course, discussing the sharply escalated situation in the Middle East,&#8221; Ushakov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders of Central Asian countries are meeting to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of 18th-century poet Magtymguly Pyragy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin&#8217;s attendance had not been previously announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited Iran last week for talks with Pezeshkian and First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talks come as Israel intensively bombs Lebanon, targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah and Russia has evacuated some citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia has close relations with Iran, and Western governments have accused Tehran of supplying Moscow with drones and missiles, which it has repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pezeshkian will also hold talks with Putin during a visit to Russia this month to participate in a BRICS summit of emerging economies. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran&#8217;s President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, a senior aide said. Yury Ushakov, Putin&#8217;s aide on foreign policy, told journalists the leaders will meet in Ashgabat while attending an event celebrating a Turkmen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":278967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278965"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278974,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278965\/revisions\/278974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/278967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}