Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei in the Kremlin.

Axar.az reports, citing Russian media, that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the meeting, saying Rezaei was visiting Moscow.

“President Vladimir Putin received Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is in Moscow, at the Kremlin,” he said.

Putin and Rezaei previously held a phone conversation on November 2, during which they discussed the situation in the Middle East, particularly developments in West Asia.