Iran and Russia should include holding regular consultations to monitor the crises on the agenda, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
"It seems to me that we should include holding regular consultations, analysis of the situation, monitoring of possible crises in the agenda, and I think that this cooperation will lead to stability and security in the region," he told reporters in Russia.
He said that "terrorist elements, issues regarding drug trafficking, organized crime and other threats facing the Caucasus, Central Asia - these are namely the topics that may lead to our regional cooperation and strengthen it."