ussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif could discuss deliveries of Russian S-300 missile defense systems to Iran during their upcoming meeting in Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said Monday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) "All issues will be discussed, a broad specter ofissues," Morgulov told reporters when asked if the question ofS-300 deliveries would be raised duringthe ministers' meeting, set totake place later inthe day.
Russia and Iran initially signed a deal onthe delivery S-300s in2007, butits implementation was halted byMoscow afterthe UN Security Council issued an arms embargo onTehran overnuclear weapon concerns.
In April, Moscow lifted the ban onS-300 deliveries toIran, shortly afterthe P5+1 group ofinternational negotiators and the Islamic Republic reached a framework nuclear agreement. A final nuclear deal was reached inJuly.