TEHRAN, October 07 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, a senior aide said Monday.Yury Ushakov, Putin's aide on foreign policy, told journalists the leaders will meet in Ashkhabad while at an event celebrating a Turkmen poet, AFP reported.

"This meeting has great significance both for discussing bilateral issues as well as, of course, discussing the sharply escalated situation in the Middle East," Ushakov said.

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