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Kabul: India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval held wide-ranging talks with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani in Tehran during a daylong visit to Iran. The discussions centered on economic, political and security ties as well as important regional and international developments.
Doval said the recent agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize their diplomatic ties would have profound regional effects on changing relations in the international system. Emphasizing the need for cooperation between Iran and India to boost stability in Afghanistan, Doval said the two countries should work together to eradicate Takfiri terrorism in the country. He said India considered the Chabahar port, in southeastern Iran, as a gateway for increased cooperation between Iran and India, reported IRNA news agency.
Iran has consistently impressed upon India the need to resume the energy relationship as well as work faster on the Chabahar port project. Doval also met Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian and president Sayed Ibrahim Raisi.
Raisi said, “Iran and India, as two influential countries in the region, can be more effective in the changes caused by the establishment of the new world order by promoting their cooperation to a new level.”
