Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet for a tripartite summit in the resort city of Sochi in August. according to Minister of North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Chebotarev speaking in the second Iran-North Caucasus trade conference.
Earlier Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov said that a Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran summit is expected by the end of this year in Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also said in Beijing in April that he would meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a summit in Russia during August.
`We agreed to hold another Russian-Azerbaijani-Iranian summit in Russia in August.` Putin said.
The first Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan summit was held in August 2016 in Baku and the 2nd tripartite summit was held in Tehran in November 2017.
Back in March. Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan. in a meeting with Governor-General of Tehran province Anoshiravan Mohseni Bandpei. pointed to the trilateral agreement between Iran. Azerbaijan and Russia to expand relations in the fields of electricity and energy and establishing an electricity corridor. adding. `The Rasht-Astara railway came on stream over the past few days and I hope that these measures will provide a good ground for continuing bilateral and trilateral consultations.“