Fresh tensions with China, Iran and North Korea have emerged at a difficult moment for the Russian president.
"China's participation was very important because China is a Moscow ally," Ignatov explained."The fact that China is ready to discuss this approach without Russia is of course a signal to Moscow that its position is more fragile than Moscow is thinking."
Moscow's brief disagreement with Iran over the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb—claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates but held by Iran since 1971—is likewise no indication of an impending diplomatic crisis, Ignatov said. The row erupted after Moscow signed a Gulf Cooperation Council statement calling for renewed diplomacy to settle the ownership dispute.
"It was it was a diplomatic mistake, and I don't think it was intentional," Ignatov said of the letter."Iran is also going to be a strategic partner," he added."The cooperation between Russia and IranIgnatov noted the opportunistic nature of this friendship of convenience, as opposed to a long-term alignment like the Moscow-Beijing ties.
As a result of its nuclear program, Tehran is also somewhat isolated on the international stage. Iran has defied international sanctions and Western demands to curtail its activities and rejoin the
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