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Russia and Iran will sign a strategic partnership agreement “in the near future,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. The announcement comes as political and military ties between the two countries deepen. Lavrov said that the treaty, which is being prepared, will include closer defence cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.The Russian top diplomat made the remarks while addressing the second Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. The Russian president had announced the agreement on October 23 during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart at the BRICS summit in Kazan. Putin, who has called Russian-Iranian ties a “priority” for his country, invited Iranian Masoud Pezeshkian to visit Russia. Iran’s ambassador to Russia said earlier that the document would be signed during a separate visit of the Iranian president to Russia. Russia has said it expects Masoud Pezeshkian to visit Moscow before the end of the year. n18oc_world n18oc_crux 0:00 INTRODUCTION 2:12 GROWING RUSSIA-IRAN TIES 3:11 AFTER NORTH KOREA, WILL IRAN COMMIT TROOPS TO RUSSIA? CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives. Follow CRUX on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3fnlLua Follow CRUX on Instagram (@crux.india): https://bit.ly/3qSFx1K Follow CRUX on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Lte7iF with latest headlines on politics, sports and entertainment on news18.com https://bit.ly/2Y4QccL Also watch: Crux Decode: https://bit.ly/3MjzIoG Crux+ : https://bit.ly/35mm97B Crux Most Watched: https://bit.ly/3KhJ8iX