MOSCOW. July 2 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with acting Iranian President Mohammad Mokhber, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other international leaders on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.
"Our president will have a conversation with Acting Head of Iran's Executive Branch Mokhber after final documents of the SCO Council of the Heads of State are signed," Ushakov told reporters.
Putin will have other international contacts in Astana on Wednesday apart from the meeting with Mokhber on Thursday, he said.
In particular, Putin will meet with Xi, as well as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he said.