Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a day after the U.S warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine.

Putin will participate in a trilateral summit with the leaders of Iran and Turkey on Syria next Tuesday while visiting Tehran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. This summit would follow the so-called Astana format.

The U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, will be followed by Putin's visit to Iran. Iran's nuclear programme and "malign operations" in the area will be a major topic of discussion. According to Peskov, Putin will meet separately with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his trip to Tehran.

Erdogan facilitated negotiations between officials of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, in March. According to Peskov, a fresh round of these conversations was not under consideration. The White House stated on Monday that it thinks Iran is helping Russia obtain "hundreds" of drones, including those that can supply weapons, for use in Ukraine.

Although it is unknown whether Iran has already given Russia any of the vehicles, according to U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Iran is reportedly planning to train Russian personnel to operate them as early as this month. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones as they are also known, are being prepared by the Iranian regime to give Russia up to several hundred of them, including weapons-capable UAVs, according to information we have, Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday.

In remarks on Tuesday, the spokesman for the Iranian foreign minister, Nasser Kanaani, did not refute the American assertion.

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