TEHRAN, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Two Iranian naval vessels have set sail for Russia to take part in a Russian imminent military games, Financial Tribune daily reported on Sunday.
Iran's Peykan-class frigates from navy's Caspian flotilla will also make a port call at the Republic of Azerbaijan's Baku as part of their itinerary before reaching Russia, the report said.
The overseas mission would last 25 days, Commander of the Navy's Caspian flotilla, Rear Admiral Ahmad Reza Baqeri, said.
On July 15, Russian and Iran's navy forces attended a joint exercise in the Caspian Sea.
The Russian fleet had berthed at Iran's northern port city of Anzali as part of programs intended to boost military cooperation between the two countries.
Also, Iran's Rear Admiral Afshin Rezaei Haddad, said that the navies of five Caspian littoral countries were cooperating to secure it as the sea for peace, mutual respect and good-neighborliness.
Over that past years, Iran has sent several fleets with the same mission from the country's northern and southern waters to the high seas.
