Russian President Vladimir Putin described Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi as an “outstanding politician” and said his death was an “irreparable loss,” according to a statement from the Kremlin.
“As a true friend of Russia, he made an invaluable personal contribution to the development of good neighborly relations between our countries and made great efforts to bring them to the level of strategic partnership,” Putin said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as “true, reliable friends of our country” and added that it was “deeply saddened” by their deaths.
“Their role in strengthening mutually beneficial Russian-Iranian cooperation and trusting partnership is invaluable. We sincerely condole with the families and friends of the victims, as well as with all the friendly people of Iran,” Lavrov said.
The increasingly close relationship between Russia and Iran has become more evident since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Iran has provided Russia with Shahed drones that have been used to fire on Ukraine.
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