MOSCOW (IRNA) -- Prominent Russian orientalist and Iranologist Vladimir Ivanovich Belov believes that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are the leaders of the new world movement based on fair and democratic approaches.
In an interview with IRNA on Monday, Belov said that the recent meeting between Iranian president and his Russian counterpart in Ashgabat showed that Tehran and Moscow have very close and even identical stances regarding most international developments.
The meeting was also of great importance considering the current developments in the Middle East and the world, he added.
Belov is a professor at the Oriental and African Studies Department of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Roden).
He said the meeting was held while tensions in the Middle East as increasing.