Asked to comment on Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s statement that he was ready to discuss the situation in Ukraine with European and US officials, Dmitry Peskov said: "This is Iran’s sovereign position. We will continue to clarify our position and everything related to the conflict around Ukraine to our Iranian friends."
"Our cooperation [with Iran] is developing quite positively in various areas. We expect that it will continue to grow," Peskov added, TASS reported.
According to Agence France-Presse, the Iranian president also said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that Tehran "never approved aggression against Ukrainian territory."
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