MOSCOW (IRNA) -- Visiting Foreign Minister of Iran here Friday emphasized importance of broadening Iran's ties with Russia.

Manuchehr Mottaki who arrived in Moscow on Friday morning for a day long visit made the comment in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
“Our relations would continue to further expand and strengthen,” he said.
The Iranian top diplomat considered continuous meetings between the two countries' top officials and leaders in Tehran, Moscow, and the other countries as a good base for bilateral cooperation in the future.
Lavrov, too, on his part expressed satisfaction over continuous meetings between the two countries' officials, announcing that Russia will remain committed to the entire agreements reached between the two sides at high level talks.
The Russian foreign minister referred to business and commercial cooperation between Russia and Iran as important fields of bilateral cooperation.
The meeting between the two foreign ministers was held behind closed doors in the absence of media representatives.
The agenda of their talks included issues related to bilateral ties, regional developments, and seeing into proper implementation of the agreements reached between the two countries' presidents on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tajikistan.