Rare visit abroad: Putin holds talks in Tehran with leaders of Iran and Turkey | DW News

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran on Tuesday for talks with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on key issues affecting the region. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria as well as the UN-backed proposal to allow for grain to be exported from Ukrainian ports.

Putin said the talks were "truly useful and rather substantial" and said that the leaders had adopted a joint declaration, pledging to bolster cooperation in terms of the situation in Syria.

In bilateral talks with Turkey, Putin expressed thanks for Ankara's mediation efforts on the grain exports, which have been stuck at Ukrainian ports, due to Russia's ongoing invasion.

The three regional powers have a complex relationship of shared interests and conflicts. The talks mark Putin's second trip outside of Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine and the first face-to-face meeting with a NATO member leader.

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