Iran urges India to cherish friendship

[karan21]

I don't understand this about Iran; it's against Israel due to the siege of the Palestinian people, yet it supports a major Israeli ally that will, in all cases, be against Iran during the time of war.

u dont make sence at all. its not about the war. its about increasing trade and creating jobs.

 

[Zeeshan360]

Iran is India's dear friend. It was a wrong move to decrease oil imports from them.

Not just wrong move .. It's a gayish move
We ditched Iran when they needed us the most

I don't know why our media and Government licks USA's a$$
Obama in US is having a strong re-election campaign where he is sprouting hatred against India's outsourcing

Supporting a country who once sent a nuclear submarine near our shores

 

[r3alist]

I have said time and time again, the Iranians will always court the Indians no matter how much the Indians let's them down.

The reasoning is simple, the Iranians need the Indians more than India needs them.

India could play off the Arabs and Persians to get cheap oil, however the us won't like that.

This will hurt Iran, but I think India can rightly calculate that Iran will always want to do business with India.

 

[jbond197]

I have said time and time again, the Iranians will always court the Indians no matter how much the Indians let's them down.

The reasoning is simple, the Iranians need the Indians more than India needs them.

India could play off the Arabs and Persians to get cheap oil, however the us won't like that.

This will hurt Iran, but I think India can rightly calculate that Iran will always want to do business with India.

India always need Iran for a connection to Afghanistan and central Asia.. Iran knows that well too so in real world scenario, India & Iran both need each other equally.. India actually got much to loose if it's not aligned with Iran..

 

[Desert Fox]

India always need Iran for a connection to Afghanistan and central Asia.. Iran knows that well too so in real world scenario, India & Iran both need each other equally.. India actually got much to loose if it's not aligned with Iran..

Buts that's not possible, you can't be aligned with Iran while being an ally of israel and strengthening ties with USA. The israelis and Americans are already pressurizing indian gov.t to abandon Iran in a bid to isolate the country further.

You can't have it both ways; Israel as an ally and alignment with Iran, its either one or the other, because israel is no Russia that it will tolerate india maintaining ties with Iran and as we have recently witnessed your gov.t has given to American pressure.

Say tata to the days of "NAM" because today's world is different, Cold war is history.

 

[BATMAN]

Now, Mullahs can offer discounted oil to its new friend.

Iran became Indians friend after revolution, liberal regime was friend of Pakistan..

Already, being discussed:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian-defence/180608-iran-urges-india-cherish-friendship.html

 

[newdelhinsa]

I found it very strange/depressing when India didn't reacted on bombing injuring Israeli diplomat. Any nation could have halted its diplomatic relationship with nation involved in bombing like which happened in New Delhi injuring Israeli diplomat. India should grow a spine and tell that state involved to act like a legitimate state and stop using its soil against Israel. I hope our agencies know who is the real culprit and if it was Iran then our response was/is pathetic as usual.

 

[Lonely Hermit]

Buts that's not possible, you can't be aligned with Iran while being an ally of israel and strengthening ties with USA. The israelis and Americans are already pressurizing indian gov.t to abandon Iran in a bid to isolate the country further.

You can't have it both ways; Israel as an ally and alignment with Iran, its either one or the other, because israel is no Russia that it will tolerate india maintaining ties with Iran and as we have recently witnessed your gov.t has given to American pressure.

Say tata to the days of "NAM" because today's world is different, Cold war is history.

Diplomacy is not a zero sum affair my mate which Pakistanis have failed to learn we aligned with both Israel and Iran for our own mutual interest.

 

[Hello_10]

Iranian President speed dials Indian Prime minister

NEW DELHI: Amid talk of reducing crude imports from Iran, and barely a week after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's visit to India, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expand bilateral ties in "different fields".

With India having declared that it is reducing its dependence on any particular region for crude import - even if not under Washington's pressure - Ahmadinejad's call is being seen as a gentle reminder to New Delhi that Iran is looking at the moves being made by India at the highest level. Ahmadinejad spoke to Singh on Monday evening and while he did not get into specifics, he is said to have told the PM that the two countries enjoy "deep brotherly relations" and together, would witness a "bright future".

In his conversation with Singh, Ahmadinejad insisted that bilateral cooperation between India and Iran would lead to considerable achievements for both nations. Singh responded that widening ties with Iran was on the basis of "national interests". Backing expansion of cooperation with Iran, he said New Delhi attached great importance to ties with that country.

In yet another sign that Iran is trying to reach out to India, despite the oil cut, government sources said Tehran was likely to send its foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, soon to invite Singh for the 16th NAM summit to be held in Tehran in August and for bilateral talks with Ahmadinejad.

Iranian joint secretary in the foreign ministry Ahmed Sobhani, who handles India, is here for the next round of dialogue between the political committees formed by the two countries and is likely to touch upon the issue of a possible meeting between the two leaders later this year.

Ahmadinejad's call to Singh comes at a time when India is being seen as giving in to pressure from the US to cut its crude imports. While the imports have gone down considerably, the government has painstakingly denied being under pressure from the US and attributed it to purely financial and commercial considerations.

While Ahmadinejad's invitation to Singh to visit Iran is a long-standing one, which he reiterated during his meeting with Singh on the sidelines of UNGA last year, Indian officials remain tight-lipped about whether Singh will visit Tehran later this year.

Singh has attended both the NAM summits held during his eight-year tenure as PM - the 14th round in Havana, Cuba, in 2006 and 15th in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 2009.

So far, Iran has not reacted officially to India's move to reduce its oil imports, but Ahmadinejad's call to Singh does suggest that Tehran is concerned about any drastic cut. The government has also said in Parliament that it is consciously trying to diversify its crude import sources to "reduce its dependence on any particular region of the world".

Even though India denies any pressure from the US, authorities in Washington, including Clinton, recently lauded India for steps taken by New Delhi to reduce oil imports and have also offered to help India identify other sources of energy. India depends on Iran for 12% of its 80% crude imports. Iran remains one of the most important countries for India in handling the situation in war-torn Afghanistan after the ISAF forces pull out in 2014.

Amid oil cuts, Ahmadinejad speed dials PM Manmohan Singh - The Times of India

Iran to send foreign minister to invite Manmohan Singh to NAM summit

Iran to send foreign minister to invite Manmohan Singh to NAM summit - Times Of India

Iran and India share similar view on NAM and Dr Manmohan Singh would help the NAM become stronger with whatever efforts India may make from its side. Indian history on NAM starts from the concept of freedom of India, stating our stand of keeping the world ‘democratization’, as per stated by Indira Gandhi. we won't forget that 'liberal colonization' efforts by western countries started soon after WW2 made us in the position to become a founder member of NAM and right now we find western countries targetting different 'politically independent countries' one by one and we now have to unite the world to resist these efforts. we hope for a great success of NAM