TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to meet with Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian at a BRICS summit in Kazan in October, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia.

"The Iranian side has an invitation and we hope that the new president comes to the summit. We will be happy to see him, and President Putin is getting ready for the upcoming meeting," the Kremlin official said.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS that Russia and Iran had put the finishing touches on a comprehensive cooperation treaty, setting the stage for the signing of the historic document.

IRNA also reported that Iran’s new president told his Russian counterpart in a phone conversation about his readiness to sign this treaty at the Kazan summit in October.