The Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar emphasized further expansion of ties between Tehran and New Delhi.
The Indian foreign minister in a meeting with the outgoing Iran’s ambassador to India Ali Chegni on Monday thanked the efforts made by the ambassador to expand bilateral relations and emphasized pursuing plans and agreements in line with developing relations between the two countries.
During the meeting, Jaishankar pointed to his recent telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and stressed implementing the agreements made between the two countries.
Expressing his satisfaction with the phone talk made with his Iranian counterpart last night, the Indian foreign minister described the revival of JCPOA in the interest of the entire world.
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He underlined that India has always supported Iran’s nuclear deal, JCPOA, and this support will go ahead in the future as well.
Iran’s outgoing envoy to India Ali Chegni, for his part, submitted a comprehensive report on the progress achieved in bilateral relations between Iran and India especially in the trade and economic fields.
Shortly after meeting with the Iranian envoy, Indian foreign minister in a tweet appreciated the unflinching efforts of the Iranian envoy during his mission in New Delhi.
It was earlier reported that, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has held two rounds of talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as he continued his meetings with India’s high-ranking officials.
In the meeting, a broad range of issues of mutual interest between the two countries in strategic, political, economic and cultural spheres were discussed.
Amirabdollahian pointed to the fact that the economies of Iran and India complement each other and also to the existence of huge potential for expansion of trade and economic relations between the two countries.
The Iranian foreign minister then underlined the necessity of coming up with a roadmap to promote comprehensive and vast strategic ties between Tehran and New Delhi.
In this regard, the top Iranian diplomat said preparing a roadmap for strategic cooperation can regulate long-term bilateral ties and protect the relations from detrimental factors.
Expansion of regional cooperation and the two countries’ efforts to heed peace and stability in Afghanistan were among the issues the two top diplomats discussed.
They underscored the need to help Afghanistan pass through the current economic hardships.
They also noted that the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan is the most important approach to persuading all ethnic groups and factions of Afghanistan to play a role in deciding their country’s fate.
The Indian foreign minister said Amirabdollahian’s visit to India was important for pursuing existing issues in bilateral ties. Jaishankar underlined the necessity of holding the meeting of the joint economic commission as soon as possible and to give momentum to economic and trade cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi.
He further described the formation of working groups to follow up the affairs as necessary.
The top Indian diplomat in other comments also spoke about the need to give momentum to cooperation in expanding Chabahar Port and other transit routes and common regional corridors.
In the end, the two foreign ministers underscored the continuation of consultations between Indian and Iranian officials at different levels to provide a roadmap for strategic cooperation.
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