FNA- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan will attend the upcoming security conference in Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday.

General Dehqan has been invited by his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu to attend the 6th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) slated for April 26-27.

The Iranian Defense Minister, heading a high-ranking defense and military delegation, will meet his counterparts from different countries, including Russia, and attend multilateral talks during his stay in Moscow.

Several high-ranking defense delegations from different world countries will attend the international security conference in Moscow.

Iran and Russia follow the same counter-terrorism strategy, and the two have prevented the threat of terrorism advancing the Middle East region.

Iran-Russia achievements have also led to prevent spread of terrorism to other strategic regions in the world, including Central Asia and Caucasus.

On one hand, the talks that have already been held several times between Tehran and Moscow indicate that the two are well aware of the importance of the regional convergence and its effects on the international arena.

On the other hand, the presence of the Iranian delegation in the upcoming Moscow conference just after the visit of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Russia in late March shows that they are progressing in their efforts to convergence in the region.

Another example of the successful convergence and cooperation between Iran and Russia is the December 2016 ceasefire in Syria that happened after six years while approved by the United Nations (UN) Security Council.

According to the MCIS website, the Moscow Conference will focus on the most critical problems of global and regional security. The plenary sessions will look closely at the issues of combating international terrorism, security problems in Europe and Asia-Pacific region and role of defense agencies in enhancing security in different regions of the world.