INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday for talks with regional counterparts, his ministry's
spokeswoman has confirmed.Iran's official IRNA news agency reported earlier that the foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and
Armenia had been invited to meet for the talks."We confirm Lavrov's planned talks in Tehran on Monday," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova told the TASS and RIA news agencies.The talks come amid tensions over the Middle East and unresolved disputes between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, which launched a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh last month.Since launching its assault in
Ukraine last year, Russia has turned to Iran for military support and economic partnerships as both countries face a raft of Western
sanctions.Western countries have accused Tehran of supporting Russia's offensive in Ukraine by providing it with large quantities of drones
