MOSCOW (IRNA) – Russia's Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev said on Wednesday that Tehran is a strategic partner for Moscow.

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi, Gordeyev voiced Russia's willingness to deepen bilateral cooperation with Iran, particularly in the fields of agriculture and foodstuff activities.
Meanwhile, the Iranian ambassador referred to the existing potentials for promotion of ties between the two capitals calling for further bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.