Putin hopes Russia-Iran contact will reassure West

Moscow, Feb 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he hoped a visit by Russia's Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov to Tehran earlier this month would help Iran reassure the West that it does not seek nuclear weapons.

''We hope that (Ivanov's) visit to Iran will help us align our positions and will help convince our Iranian partners to take decisions that would improve the situation in a healthy way...and remove all suspicions in the international community about Iran's alleged plans to create nuclear weapons,'' Putin said during an annual news conference.

Reuters

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