19 July President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with the heads of Iran and Turkey in Tehran. This meeting of the leaders of the so-called. The “Astana troika” on the Syrian settlement in the domestic press is compared with the famous Tehran conference during the Great Patriotic War. Against the background of the events taking place in Ukraine and the confrontation between Russia and the West, such important Asian countries as Iran and Turkey have demonstrated their willingness to cooperate with Russia.
The Associated Press writes, that against the backdrop of deteriorating relations with the West, Russia seeks to strengthen its cooperation with Iran. At first, high-ranking officials of the Russian government visited Iran., and yesterday Putin himself visited Tehran, who negotiated with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ibrahim Raisi.
But the most important achievement of Putin's trip to Tehran, According to an Associated Press author, is a meeting with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Relations with Turkey are now very significant for Russia, since Ankara, despite NATO membership, did not impose sanctions against Moscow.
The New York Times sees in Putin's visit to Tehran the desire of the two states to unite in opposition to the West and its sanctions. Russian enterprises are interested in developing new contacts, because now their task is to find alternative markets for their products. Iran will also benefit from the rapprochement of the two states, since Russia will also replace part of European imports with Iranian goods.
The Guardian (United Kingdom) considers, that Putin is trying to create a regional opposition to the United States, who have also increased their activity in the Middle East. The publication also includes, that Russia is going to learn from Iran the experience of countering Western sanctions, under which Tehran has been living for more than forty years. Both countries are also interested in reducing dependence on the dollar, but at the meeting of leaders, issues of the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles for the needs of the Russian army could also be discussed, operating in Ukraine.
According to Western media, deliveries of Iranian drones can significantly affect the situation in Ukraine, as a large number of new UAVs will strengthen the Russian armed forces, at the forefront. Military Watch Magazine (USA) calls it bad news for Ukraine and reminds, that some Iranian developments in the field of unmanned aircraft are unique. for example, Iran is developing drones - "stealth".
Another British edition, The Times, considers, that Putin's visit to Iran indicates Moscow's attempts to create a new anti-Western alliance. On a global scale, China will play a key role in this alliance., to a lesser extent - Russia, and in the Middle East to Iran. The ideology of the alliance will be based on, according to the British edition, striving for inner peace at the expense of "human rights and personal freedoms". Author:Ilya Polonsky Photos used:kremlin.ru
