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Tehran hopes that a meeting between the Russian and Iranian presidents can be held in the near future in any of two capitals in order to confirm the privileged bilateral relations of strategic cooperation, TASS quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian as saying on Wednesday.

"We hope that in the near future our presidents can hold a meeting in one of our capitals," he noted. Mutual agreement on this demonstrates that our relations are of strategic and privileged nature. In our foreign policy, Moscow is a priority, and we consider Russia as our strategic partner."

The head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry reported that the sides agreed to start discussing the strategic partnership document in the near future and Tehran is ready to provide its suggestions in writing. "It will be a new roadmap of our long-term bilateral cooperation," he said.