India, Iran to Explore New Areas of Cooperation - Knowledge Economy, Trade, Connectivity

Terming Iran as an important country in the neighbourhood, Mr Yash Sinha, Additional Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran), Ministry of External Affairs, in a key speech, said in the context of western sanctions there is scope for increasing Indian exports to Iran if payment and shipping related difficulties are overcome.

Mr Sinha was speaking at the bilateral dialogue on ‘Developments in West Asia: Indian and Iranian Perspectives’ organised at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on December 12, 2012. The dialogue is a continuation of the long-standing track-II bilateral cooperation arrangement between the IDSA and the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran

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