Remarks and answers to media questions by Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi following Russia-Iran talks

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Key statements in from Sputnik:

🟠 Russia and Iran have major opportunities to expand cooperation in oil and gas, and Moscow will honor its agreements with Tehran, including on nuclear power plants

🟠 Moscow expects Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in late October

🟠 Russia and Iran agreed to strengthen cooperation through BRICS, the SCO, and other international platforms

🟠 Russia is ready to help resolve the US-Iran conflict and welcomes Tehran’s commitment to diplomacy. The US, meanwhile, is stuck in the conflict and cannot find a way out

🟠 Russia welcomes the announcement of a Mecca defense pact

🟠 The EU and the Biden administration, not Russia, began undermining global energy stability

🟠 Russia opposes volatile energy prices and supports stable markets.

🟠 Russia is defending the rights of Russian-speaking people in Ukraine, while the Kiev government is pursuing the opposite policy

🟠 Russia has not targeted civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, except for facilities directly used to support Ukrainian attacks against Russian civilians