�President Putin forged an alliance with Iran against any military action by the West and pledged to complete the controversial Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr.
�A summit of Caspian Sea nations in Tehran agreed to bar foreign states from using their territory for military strikes against a member country. Mr Putin, the first Kremlin leader to visit Iran since the Second World War, insisted that the use of force was unacceptable.
�It is important . . . that we not only not use any kind of force but also do not even think about the possibility of using force, he told the leaders of Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
�The declaration of the five states did not specify a particular threat. Rumours have long circulated, however, that the US is seeking Azerbaijans permission to use airfields for possible military action to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.
�Mr Putin and Mr Ahmadinejad met after the summit for private talks. State television in Tehran quoted Mr Putin as saying that Russia would continue to assist Iran's peaceful nuclear programme .
�Russia is building Iran's first atomic power plant in the port city of Bushehr. A row over Iranian payments has slowed down the work, and Mr Putin emerged from yesterday's meeting without setting a date for the $1 billion (500 million) project.
�Mr Putin said that the Bushehr contract would have to be reviewed to clarify legal matters and the financial obligations of each party. Moscow has delayed delivery of nuclear fuel for the station as part of the dispute.
�The Tehran declaration strengthened Moscow's hostility to any attempt at a military solution. It also offered support for Iran by asserting the right of any country that had signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to develop peaceful nuclear energy without discrimination. Tehran insists that its nuclear programme is purely for civil purposes to generate electricity.
� Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy company, has invested $750 million (370 million) in projects in Iran
� Russia exports $2 billion of metal and machinery to Iran a year
� Russia has supplied nuclear technology to Iran, including the $1 billion Bushehr reactor
� Russia is a key supplier of arms to Iran, including a $700 million air-defence system, MiG29 combat aircraft and T72 tanks
� Iran's goodwill is useful for Russia's attempts to control fractious Muslim minorities in Central Asia and the Caucasus
� Both countries oppose the eastward expansion of NATO
�A summit of Caspian Sea nations in Tehran agreed to bar foreign states from using their territory for military strikes against a member country. Mr Putin, the first Kremlin leader to visit Iran since the Second World War, insisted that the use of force was unacceptable.
�It is important . . . that we not only not use any kind of force but also do not even think about the possibility of using force, he told the leaders of Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
�The declaration of the five states did not specify a particular threat. Rumours have long circulated, however, that the US is seeking Azerbaijans permission to use airfields for possible military action to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.
�Mr Putin and Mr Ahmadinejad met after the summit for private talks. State television in Tehran quoted Mr Putin as saying that Russia would continue to assist Iran's peaceful nuclear programme .
�Russia is building Iran's first atomic power plant in the port city of Bushehr. A row over Iranian payments has slowed down the work, and Mr Putin emerged from yesterday's meeting without setting a date for the $1 billion (500 million) project.
�Mr Putin said that the Bushehr contract would have to be reviewed to clarify legal matters and the financial obligations of each party. Moscow has delayed delivery of nuclear fuel for the station as part of the dispute.
�The Tehran declaration strengthened Moscow's hostility to any attempt at a military solution. It also offered support for Iran by asserting the right of any country that had signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to develop peaceful nuclear energy without discrimination. Tehran insists that its nuclear programme is purely for civil purposes to generate electricity.
� Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy company, has invested $750 million (370 million) in projects in Iran
� Russia exports $2 billion of metal and machinery to Iran a year
� Russia has supplied nuclear technology to Iran, including the $1 billion Bushehr reactor
� Russia is a key supplier of arms to Iran, including a $700 million air-defence system, MiG29 combat aircraft and T72 tanks
� Iran's goodwill is useful for Russia's attempts to control fractious Muslim minorities in Central Asia and the Caucasus
� Both countries oppose the eastward expansion of NATO
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