On April 27th, Deputy Defence Minister of Iran, Reza Talaei-Nik, met with Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov in Kyrgyzstan, who reinforced the Russian position that the Iran war should be resolved solely through diplomatic means and expressed his confidence in Moscow-Tehran support. Talaei-Nik then traveled to Belarus, a close Russian ally, where he met with Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The ministers reinforced