MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani to be held on August 8 in Azerbaijan's capital Baku will upgrade bilateral relations, Iranian Communications Minister and head of the Iran-Russia joint economic commission Mahmoud Vaezi said on Friday.
"The meeting of the two leaders in Tehran in 2015 was a climax in the Russian-Iranian relations. The next meeting between Rouhani and Putin on August 8 in Baku will bring the relations to the next level," Vaezi said at the meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
The meeting, set to take place on the sidelines of the Russian-Azerbaijani-Iranian summit, is expected to focus on the situation in Syria, Iraq and the surge of terrorist activity in Europe, among other topics.