Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials following a one-day visit to Minsk on Monday 15 December ,where he met with Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenov.
While in Minsk, Araghchi also met with the President Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Secretary of the State Security Council of Belarus, Alexander Volfovich.
Araghchi and Ryzhenov signed three bilateral cooperation documents namely: strengthening the role of international law in international relations, and strategic principles for countering unilateral coercive actions, as well as cooperation program of the ministry of foreign affairs of Iran and Belarus for 2026-2030.
At the conclusion of his visit, the Iranian foreign minister told reporters in Minsk that the meetings with Belarusian officials were “frank, positive and constructive”.
“It was a very useful visit. The meeting with the president was a very constructive, and there was a frank and direct discussion about the projects to be cooperated. The talks between the two foreign ministers were very positive too.”
“I also had a meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, where we discussed security and regional issues, and I submitted invitation of the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larijani to visit Tehran, he added.
Araghchi said that the Belarusian minister of transport will visit Iran in the near future “to further cooperation in the field of transit and international transportation”.
In Moscow, he is scheduled to meet with high-ranking officials including Chairman of State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on Tuesday.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Sergei Lavrov will meet Araghchi on Wednesday.
It said in a statement that the two foreign ministers will discuss bilateral issues in the wake of the Comprehensive Strategic Treaty which entered into force in October 2025, international developments and Iran's civilian nuclear program.
On the eve of Araghchi’ visit to Russia, Lavrov said in an exclusive interview with Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB that Tehran and Moscow have strategic partnership and Russia will always support legitimate rights of Iran.
“We condemn the subsequent Israel and US military attacks against Iran because they lacked any international basis or legitimacy,” he said referring to the 12-day war in June in which Iran’s major civilian nuclear sites were bombed.
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