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TEHRAN, Oct. 17--Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said [[[[Tehran welcomes expansion of ties with Moscow and believes that the move will benefit the two governments and nations]]]].Ayatollah Khamenei made the remark when he received Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, IRNA reported.Ayatollah Khamenei noted that as the presence of an independent Iran benefits Russia, the presence of a powerful Russia would benefit Tehran.Referring to the US expansionist policies, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “Washington is against any nation that resists its illegitimate interests and wants to act independently, but nations cannot be defeated by such policies. “Voicing Iran’s readiness for full confidence-building, the leader said, “Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a logical and proper policy that will be continued. [[[Tehran is determined to become self-sufficient in the area of nuclear energy, therefore it seriously pursues the issue of enrichment.]]]“For his part, the Russian president assessed his meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as “serious and good“, noting that expansion of all-out relations between the two countries, particularly in the fields of energy and transportation, was reviewed in the compact meeting.The Russian president referred to the prospects of Tehran-Moscow relations as very bright.“Russia respects Iran’s stand regarding nuclear energy and believes that [[[pursuance of """peaceful nuclear energy""" is Iran’s legitimate right while it is against any kind of imposition against Tehran,]]]“ he said.Welcoming Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA, Putin announced his country’s support for the Iranian initiatives.In a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said the five Caspian Sea littoral states would develop economic cooperation that would benefit all parties.For his part, President Aliyev described the outcome of the Caspian Summit in Tehran as “very satisfactory“.In the meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamadov on Tuesday, the leader said there are ample grounds for expansion of economic cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan, mainly in the gas sector.The Turkmen president, for his part, said his government has made all-out efforts to broaden ties with Tehran.On Monday, the leader met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and said the Caspian Summit would prepare the ground for developing cooperation among the regional states.The Kazakh president said his country is willing to develop cooperation with Iran, “because Iran is a great and strong country in the region“.The presidents of the five Caspian Sea littoral states attended the daylong summit on Tuesday in Tehran to exchange views on multilateral, regional and international issues.The participants also signed a 25-article declaration at the end of the summit to forge stronger cooperation.As in the days of Noah...
