OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to the BRICS summit in Kazan, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nasser Kanani, said. He is quoted by ISNA.

"We have received an official invitation from Putin for Pezeshkian to participate in the BRICS summit," the Iranian diplomat said.

Earlier it became known that Putin is preparing for a meeting with Peseshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan in October.