The dates of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian's visit to Russia are being worked out, the dates have not yet been determined, Zamir Kabulov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's second Asia Department, said Friday, RIA Novosti reported.

"A visit is expected, the dates are being worked out, we haven't received an answer yet, so I can't say anything. The visit has been postponed, not cancelled," Kabulov said in response to a related question.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the planned January 17 talks between Russian and Iranian foreign ministers Sergei Lavrov and Hossein Amir Abdallahian were postponed to a later date.