Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif considers the relations between Iran and Russia to reach significant progress.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � Iran and Russia have reached significant progress in�all spheres of�bilateral ties as�well as�in international issues, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on�Friday during�a meeting with�his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

�We have significant progress in�all spheres of�bilateral relations � in�political and economic spheres as�well as�in regional and international issues,� Zarif said. Zarif and Lavrov are currently holding talks in�Moscow, mostly focused on�the Syrian crisis. Later, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will join the discussion.

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