TEHRAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks on Thursday with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Akbar Ahmadian in St. Petersburg, the venue of the meeting of BRICS’s top security officials.

Putin said Russia and Iran are determined to deepen ties in all areas, including economy, technology, energy, transportation, and peaceful nuclear activities.

He said the two countries have established extensive cooperation at bilateral level and also within the framework of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

At the meeting in which Russian Security Council's secretary Sergei Shoigu was also present, Putin said he plans to hold a private meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in Kazan on October 22-24.

According to the Sputnik, Putin also aid the development of the North-South Corridor is among the projects that the two countries attach great attention to.

Noting that the volume of trade ties between Russia and Iran increased about 10 percent in the first six months of the current year, he said, “Russia is resolute to cooperate with Iran in different areas.”

He also said his country expects the Iranian president to make a separate trip to Russia to sign strategic partnership agreements between the two countries.

Putin also said the relations between Iran and Russia is on a growing due to the efforts of the Iranian leader.