In exclusive interview with ThePrint, Seyed Rasoul Mousavi also spoke about ambitious International North-South Transport Corridor & Tehran’s ‘good ties’ with both India and China.
Doval met Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. India is SCO chair and Iran is set to be made a permanent member of grouping at its annual summit this year.
PM Narendra Modi and President Ebrahim Raisi took stock of the Iran nuclear deal. New Delhi hints that the purchase of crude from Tehran, which stopped in 2019, depends on it.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and PM Modi to hold bilateral meeting on sidelines of SCO Summit in which Iran will likely raise issue of India buying Russian oil despite sanctions.
Statement said visiting Iranian foreign minister raised issue & called for 'serious attention to Muslims' sensitivities'. MEA spokesperson Thursday confirmed it was pulled down.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on a 3-day visit to India, also met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and PM Narendra Modi, and discussed regional security issues.
This will be Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s maiden visit to India since taking over in August. But he has been in regular touch with EAM Jaishankar.
Ambassador Ali Chegeni says Iran & India will open ‘new chapter’ in bilateral ties under new President Raisi. Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian set to visit India later this month.
Iran is urging India to play larger role in Afghanistan and establish working relationship with Taliban. It also wants India to work out solution with US & resume oil imports.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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