Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The meeting took place at the Russian leader's residence at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tianjin, where Putin was staying during the summit, TASS reports.

After the conclusion of the SCO+ events, the leaders moved to the hotel to continue their talks. The Russian president was accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Assistant for International Affairs Yuri Ushakov, as well as Ministers Oksana Lute, Andrey Nikitin, Anton Siluanov, Sergei Tsivilev, Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev, and FSTC head Dmitry Shugaev.