Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rohani at a summit in Russia during August, rfe/rl reports.
Putin made the announcement to journalists in Beijing on April 26 after meeting with Aliyev on the sidelines of China’s so-called Belt and Road forum – an initiative aimed at building trade and transportation infrastructure that links China with South and Central Asia, Europe, and Africa.
"We agreed to hold another Russian-Azerbaijani-Iranian summit in Russia in August," Putin said.
Putin last met together with Aliyev and Rohani at a summit in Tehran in November 2017.