Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili said that Tehran welcomes the proposals made by the Russian government on talks and cooperation.

Jalili made the remarks after the second round of talks with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev on Tuesday, August 16.

"We welcome the proposals made by our Russian friends on talks and cooperation. We are ready to even offer help, so these proposals would bear fruit and they're the groundwork for cooperation with regard to regional and international issues," Jalili told journalists, Fars News Agency reported.

The Iranian official added that dialogue with the intention to cooperate is the best way to resolve issues.

Regarding talks with the G5+1 group (Britain, China, France, Russia and the U.S. and Germany), Jalili said that Iran and the group can discuss fields of cooperation as a group of seven countries.