Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov received on November 16 Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow Gholam-Reza Ansari. According to the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the parties exchanged views on issues of bilateral cooperation, some regional and international problems. During the meeting, they also discussed the process of preparations of the seventh meeting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation scheduled for December 2007.