Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the country is ready to discuss the Western countries’ allegations about exporting drones to Russia in a joint session with Ukrainian officials, ParsToday reports.
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a Monday meeting with the participants in the General Assembly of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in Tehran.
In response to Western countries’ claims about Iran selling drones and other military equipment to Russia to be used against Ukraine, he said, “We have not sold and will not sell any weapons and drones to be used in the war against Ukraine, and cooperation between Iran and Russia will continue without having anything to do with the Ukraine war.”
The Iranian foreign minister said Tehran and Moscow engage in various kinds of cooperation, including in the defense field, adding, “We have both received weapons from Russia and supplied weapons to Russia in the past, but not in the course of the Ukraine war.”
Referring to his latest talks with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, Iran’s top diplomat said, “I told Borrell that we are ready for a team of Iranian and Ukrainian military experts to see into allegations about the use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.”
Both Iran and Russia have in the past vehemently denied baseless allegations that Tehran provided Moscow with drones.
