Moscow. The 21st of April. INTERFAX - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the ratification of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement between Russia and Iran, the official portal of legal information reports.
Article 1 of the treaty, signed in Moscow on January 17, 2025, states that the parties "strive to deepen and expand relations in all areas of mutual interest, strengthen cooperation in the field of security and defense, and closely coordinate activities at the regional and global levels."
In addition, according to the document, "in the event that one of the Contracting Parties is subjected to aggression, the other Contracting Party should not provide any military or other assistance to the aggressor, contributing to the continuation of aggression, and will help to resolve the differences that have arisen on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and other applicable norms of international law."
The agreement states that the intelligence and security services of the parties cooperate within the framework of separate agreements.
The document also stipulates that "within the framework of a comprehensive, long-term and strategic partnership, the contracting parties confirm their commitment to developing military-technical cooperation based on relevant agreements between them, taking into account mutual interests and their international obligations, and consider such cooperation as an important component of maintaining regional and global security."
The parties closely cooperate on issues of arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation and ensuring international security within the framework of relevant international treaties and international organizations to which they are parties, and hold regular consultations on these issues.
In addition, the parties "contribute to the consolidation of peace and security in the Caspian region, Central Asia, Transcaucasia, and the Middle East, cooperate to prevent interference in these regions and the destabilizing presence of third states there, and exchange views on the situation in other regions of the world."
According to the agreement, its signatories support trade and economic cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, coordinating this interaction on the platform of the permanent Russian-Iranian Commission on Trade and Economic cooperation, according to article 17.
It provides that the parties to the treaty "refrain from joining unilateral coercive measures or supporting such measures by any third party if such measures affect or are directed directly or indirectly at one of the Contracting Parties, individuals and legal entities of such a contracting Party or their property under the jurisdiction of such a third party, goods originating from one Contracting Party." parties intended for the other Contracting Party, and (or) works, services, information, results of intellectual activity, including exclusive rights to them provided by suppliers of the other Contracting Party."
Russia and Iran plan to develop cooperation in order to create a modern payment infrastructure independent of third countries, switch to bilateral settlements in national currencies, strengthen direct interbank cooperation and spread national financial products.
