Iran’s ambassador to Russia says the President of the Islamic Republic, Masoud Pezeshkian, will attend the upcoming meeting of the BRICS group of emerging countries, which is scheduled to be held in the Russian city of Kazan next month.

According to The Iran Project, Kazem Jalali made the announcement on Sunday, saying Pezeshkian will also meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his trip to Kazan in October.

Russia’s western city of Kazan is set to host the 16th BRICS Summit from October 22 to 24.

Putin has already said he plans to meet and hold talks with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on the fringes of the event, adding that Russia also expects a separate trip by President Pezeshkian for a joint comprehensive cooperation agreement between the two countries to be signed.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian on the sidelines of a meeting of BRICS security officials in Russia’s port city of St. Petersburg on Thursday.