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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip outside Former Soviet Union since Ukraine War

A file photo taken on June 30, 2022 of Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) in Saint Petersburg, a picture taken on June 11, 2022, of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (C) in Tehran, and a file photo taken on June 30, 2022 of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Madrid. (AFP/Handout/Iranian Presidency)

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a NATO leader, Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, to discuss a deal that would resume Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports as well as peace in Syria.

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