A top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will pay an official four-day visit to Moscow next week to hold talks with senior Russian officials.

Ali Akbar Velayati, the adviser to the Leader on international affairs,�will kick off his trip next Monday, February 1, and plans to discuss the latest mutual and regional developments with the Kremlin officials.

He will also address a press conference.

Velayati paid a visit to Moscow in January, 2015 as a special envoy for Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and submitted the Iranian president�s message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

During Velayati�s meeting with Putin, the two sides agreed on efforts for the promotion of Iran�s observer status at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). They also discussed bilateral relations in political and economic fields.

Iran and Russia have both thrown their support behind �Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus� war with the foreign-backed militants. Moscow and Tehran reject any foreign interference in the war-hit country�s affairs saying the Syrians have to decide about their fate.

By Press TV