A senior Russian commander has called for closer cooperation between Iranian and Russian naval forces, saying he is interested to visit Iran Navy forces present in the Caspian Sea.
There is just a wish to see how the Iranian flotilla is developing, Russian Caspian Flotilla Commander Rear Admiral Sergei Alekminski said on Sunday, IRNA reported.
Alekminski said a fleet of Russian ships and frigates would pay a visit to an Iranian port in 2013.
He also said that there were no particular relations between Russian and Iranian ships at present, reminding that this would be the first visit in 40 years.
On October 29, Iran Navys 22nd fleet of warships called at a Sudanese northeastern port in the Red Sea, in line with the Islamic Republic of Irans strategy of expanding its naval presence in international waters.
Iran's Navy has been multiplying its naval presence in the international waters since last year, deploying vessels to the Indian Ocean and dispatching, in February 2011, two ships via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.
In addition, in line with the international efforts to combat piracy, the Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 to safeguard the vessels involved in maritime trade, especially the ships and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran.
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