Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s recent state visit to Pakistan comes at a pivotal moment, reflecting a strategic effort to strengthen ties with Islamabad amidst a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.

Turkey virtually offers using a clearing system in bilateral trade and economic transactions to Russia amid Western sanctions against Moscow, a source in bank consulting in Ankara told TASS when commenting on respective statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Kazan, News.Az reports.

Uzbekistan and Russia have agreed to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion, the Uzbek presidential press service said on Monday.