![Meeting with the special envoy of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Akbar Velayati.](http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/mXGMBmM7NRKFM0CHhP3NbYuKGASsTiIF.jpeg)
As he opened the meeting, Vladimir Putin remarked that cooperation between Russia and Iran has a long history and is absolutely open and transparent.
Ali Akbar Velayati delivered a message from the Iranian leadership to the Russian President in Moscow.