Putin To Meet Iran's Ahmadinejad In China: Kremlin

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of a summit in Beijing next week as tensions rise over Tehran's nuclear drive, a Kremlin official said.

"Meeting Ahmadinejad will let Putin personally feel the tension around the Iranian issue and how it is perceived in Tehran," Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov told reporters last week in comments that were embargoed for release until Sunday.

Putin and Ahmadinejad agreed to meet over the phone and the initiative came "from both sides," Ushakov said.

The meeting will come as Russia prepares to host the latest round of talks on June 18 and 19 between world powers and Iranian negotiators in a bid to find a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme.

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[Lionessa]

1. Right or wrong, Russia will support those to whom they sell arms, exactly

the same way we do. I don't know why anyone would think it would be any different.

[thesquanderer]

2. and he'll be able to look him in the eyes and get a sense of his soul

and as W told us, that's the important thing.

[may3rd]

3. bi polar world alliances

Russia may want to ask if Iran has friends in Chechnya.
Oh,
but that battle is a moot point when talking weapons upgrades and stealth technology breakthrough

[tawadi]

4. How precious