Iran and India enjoy "deep brotherly relations" :Ahmadinejad

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Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to reach Delhi on Thursday​

May 30, 2012

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New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be in Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit to formally invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to be held in Tehran in August.

Salehi, who will be in Delhi as the Special Envoy of President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, will hand over an invitation to the Prime Minister, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
During the visit, he will hold talks with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna during which the two sides are expected to discuss ways to push the bilateral ties amidst the US pressure on India to cut its oil imports from Iran.

Ahmadinejad had called up the Prime Minister earlier this month to invite him to the NAM summit. He had informed Singh that Salehi would be visiting Delhi carrying the formal invite.

During the conversation, the Iranian President had "stressed on expansion of Tehran-New Delhi cooperation in different fields", saying "promotion of bilateral cooperation would lead to considerable achievements for both nations."


Ahmadinejad had said Iran and India enjoy "deep brotherly relations" and that "the two nations would witness bright future".


The Prime Minister, on his part, had said India attaches great importance to ties with Iran and "called for further expansion of cooperation with Tehran".

Singh had told Ahmedinejad that India welcomes widening relations with Iran on the basis of national interests.

The telephonic call from Ahmedinejad had come close on the heels of India stating that it had cut crude oil import from Iran by over 11 per cent this fiscal to 15.5 million tons.


The announcement about oil cut was made against the backdrop of intense US pressure on India to reduce its imports from Iran.

Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to reach Delhi on Thursday - India News - IBNLive

 

[KRAIT]

This thread might become legen...wait for it...dary

 

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[Speaker]

Great gesture on the part of the Iranians. Although I would still like to see some more maturity and neutrality from them on India-Pakistan issues, I say we should take the high road and build solid ties with Iran. It is symbolic that the backdrop is NAM - an organization we helped found and have always stayed true to. We should always stick by these policies and have good relations with Iran and all other countries.

 

[Ammyy]

That 11% reduction fixes every problem

India really did a smart move ......

 

[zip]

Somehow i have the feeling that iran will become friend of western countries in future ..

 

[SpArK]

Amid sanctions pressure, Iran to pitch for expanded India ties

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Barely a month before US and EU sanctions against Tehran become operational, Iran will hold talks with India Thursday in a bid to expand economic ties and to seek New Delhi's support for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit it will host in August.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi touches down here on a two-day visit with a personal invitation from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Tehran for the NAM summit.

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will meet Salehi and discuss a host of bilateral and global issues.

Salehi is expected to brief Krishna on Iran's controversial nuclear programme, the Western sanctions and Tehran's negotiations with the West to end the stalemate.

He is expected to pitch for stronger economic and energy ties with India amid growing Western pressure on New Delhi to scale down its oil imports from Iran.

India currently imports around 10-11 per cent of its oil requirements from Iran and has reduced this marginally as it seeks to diversify its energy sources. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is understood to have taken up the issue of Iranian oil imports with Krishna during her visit to New Delhi May 8.

The US sanctions against Iran's central bank are scheduled to take effect on June 28 and the European Union's oil embargo will kick in July 1.

India has, however, made it clear to its Western interlocutors that it will continue to import Iranian oil as this is necessary for its energy security. India has maintained that it will only abide by the UN sanctions and is not bound to accept unilateral sanctions by the US and the European Union.

On Friday, Salehi will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to hand over the invite from the Iranian president for visiting Iran for the NAM summit.

Iran will August-end host the 16th summit of the NAM, an international organisation co-founded by India that comprises 118 countries which are not aligned to any power blocs in world politics.

Manmohan Singh has yet to decide on the visit. "We will decide about it after we receive the invite," the prime minister told reporters Tuesday while returning from Myanmar.

Manmohan Singh has attended the last two NAM summits in Havana and Sharm el-Sheikh. Reliable sources pointed out that if the prime minister decides to skip the visit, it will send a wrong signal about India's fading commitment to non-alignment it co-founded in 1955.


Amid sanctions pressure, Iran to pitch for expanded India ties - Yahoo! News Maktoob

 

[lightoftruth]

no surprise for us,but will hurt few warriors here.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Somehow i have the feeling that iran will become friend of western countries in future ..

Let the west take care of their debts first, future lies in the east, namely China and India.

 

[Android]

WTH a week back he declared us enemies and now he is saying we are brothers

 

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WTH a week back he declared us enemies and now he is saying we are brothers

who said that

 

[Android]

who said that

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/05/21/news/national/pakistan%E2%80%99s-enemies-will-be-considered-iran%E2%80%99s-enemies-ahmadinejad/

 

[Speaker]

WTH a week back he declared us enemies and now he is saying we are brothers

Really, you were naive enough to believe certain people here? That was more of a lip service to Pakistan and especially aimed at the NATO/US and Israel. This despite many Iranian members here themselves saying they are neutral when it comes to India-Pakistan and that we are not their enemies.

Ahmedinejad is smarter than that - he knows that for a whole host of issues, Afghanistan included, he has more in common with India than other neighboring countries. We should remember that and build on our mutual support and friendship.

 

[SOHEIL]

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/05/21/news/national/pakistan%E2%80%99s-enemies-will-be-considered-iran%E2%80%99s-enemies-ahmadinejad/

PAK & INDIA are enemies !?

 

[Mercenary]

Is it higher than mountains, deeper than the ocean, sweeter than honey?