Iran - Russia cooperation key factor in regional stability - Analyst

RUSSIA: A Russian analyst said Tuesday that cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is the key factor in maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East region.

Maksim Shevchenko, Head of Russia’s Center for Strategic Studies of Religion and Politics of the Modern World, told IRNA that the two countries have been making extensive efforts to that end.

Joint measures taken by Iran and Moscow have focused on providing security for regional countries without the interference of extra-regional powers including the US, said the Russian analyst.

He further said the two countries are against any unilateralism and meddling that might threaten regional peace.

Efforts made by Iran and Russia will be effective in insuring the success of diplomacy on Syria and settling the Syrian crisis, he said.

About Russian stand on Syria, Shevchenko said his country and Iran have taken the same stand on that issue.

The two countries, he added, are against any terrorist operations in Syria or any military solutions to solve the crisis there.

About Iran’s six-point plan for Syria, the Russian analyst called it as a proper solution to end Syrian conflicts if implemented.

The United States wants to prepare the ground for partitioning Syria, noted Shevchenko.

He expressed hope that independent states including Iran, Russia and China will cooperate to foil the western plots against the Syrian nation and government.

IRNA