TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran, China and Russia plan to hold a security conference in the near future, said Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan.

�The conference can work effectively in removing common threats and settling region�s security problems� Dehghan said in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan on the sidelines of Moscow international security conference in Russia.

�We believe that the US will fail to materialize its ill-wishing plots for dominating and plundering regional countries in case of cooperation and convergence among regional countries,� he added.

Dehghan also expressed the hope that Iran and China could pave the way for boosting defense and military cooperation during Chang Wanquan�s upcoming visit to Iran.

Chang Wanquan, for his part, called for strengthening bilateral ties between Tehran and Beijing and said, �The world�s status quo necessitates that we bolster bilateral and multilateral defense and military cooperation.�

He also stressed implementation of defense cooperation between Iran and China.

By ISNA