MOSCOW, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani vowed to deepen bilateral cooperation by phone on Saturday, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The two presidents expressed "firm intention" to deepen the multi-faceted cooperation on trade and economy, including the construction of joint oil, gas and nuclear energy projects, said the Kremlin.
As for the Syrian conflicts, the two leaders stressed the importance of joint efforts to facilitate a political and diplomatic settlement, particularly within the framework of the Astana process and through the implementation of the memorandum on the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria.
Tehran, Moscow and Ankara have worked as mediators for the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana, a parallel engagement to the UN-backed Geneva talks.
