Russian President Vladimir Putin will go to Iran on Tuesday, only his second international trip since launching an invasion of Ukraine in February.
Mr. Putin will meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. Grain exports, Syria, and Ukraine will all be covered in Tehran, according to a Turkish official.
Since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has limited his overseas visits to former Soviet states.
Mr. Putin made his first international trip since February in June, visiting Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, two former Soviet republics now ruled by authoritarian regimes who are Russian friends.
Mr. Putin’s visit on Tuesday will allow him to strengthen ties with Iran, one of Moscow’s few remaining international allies and a fellow target of Western economic sanctions.
It comes after US authorities claimed last week that Iran was intending to supply Russia with hundreds of drones for its war in Ukraine. “Contact with Khamenei is critical,” Yuri Ushakov, Mr. Putin’s senior foreign policy adviser, said at a press conference on Monday. “They have created a trustworthy discourse on the most significant topics on the bilateral and international agendas.”
