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India-Iran ties in focus as 2-day visit begins
In a major push to India-Iran relations, the Indian government is laying out the red carpet for Iranian minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Seyed Shamseddin Hosseini, who will be in Delhi for a two-day visit, beginning Thursday. He is leading a 30-member delegation to attend the 16th session of the joint commission on July 8-9.
Besides attending the joint commission meeting co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in the capital, Hosseini will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Adviser Shivshanker Menon during his visit. The delegation will be hosted by all three business chambers FICCI, Assocham and CII separately.
The visit comes in the backdrop of US sanctions on Iran, over which New Delhi has already expressed its concern.
India is expecting dividends as the Iranian minister is leading a delegation drawn from various departments straddling sectors from mines to civil aviation, science and technology, power, tourism, handicrafts and small industries.
One of the strong factors for engaging Iran is access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, apart from Indias energy interests. A few agreements in key sectors are expected to be inked. Hosseini is accompanied by Abdulmajid Aqiqi, who heads the International Agreements Department in Iranian President Mohammed Ahmedinejads office.
Sources said that the India-Iran Joint commission meeting, which will take place after more than a year-and-half, is showing signs of re-energising business relations.The two countries will also exchange notes on how to play a role in Afghanistan.
India-Iran ties in focus as 2-day visit begins
In a major push to India-Iran relations, the Indian government is laying out the red carpet for Iranian minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Seyed Shamseddin Hosseini, who will be in Delhi for a two-day visit, beginning Thursday. He is leading a 30-member delegation to attend the 16th session of the joint commission on July 8-9.
Besides attending the joint commission meeting co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in the capital, Hosseini will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Adviser Shivshanker Menon during his visit. The delegation will be hosted by all three business chambers FICCI, Assocham and CII separately.
The visit comes in the backdrop of US sanctions on Iran, over which New Delhi has already expressed its concern.
India is expecting dividends as the Iranian minister is leading a delegation drawn from various departments straddling sectors from mines to civil aviation, science and technology, power, tourism, handicrafts and small industries.
One of the strong factors for engaging Iran is access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, apart from Indias energy interests. A few agreements in key sectors are expected to be inked. Hosseini is accompanied by Abdulmajid Aqiqi, who heads the International Agreements Department in Iranian President Mohammed Ahmedinejads office.
Sources said that the India-Iran Joint commission meeting, which will take place after more than a year-and-half, is showing signs of re-energising business relations.The two countries will also exchange notes on how to play a role in Afghanistan.
India-Iran ties in focus as 2-day visit begins