Kazan, Russia:
With the struggle in West Asia escalating meaningfully after Israel and Iran menaceened each other of an finishless series of retaliations, Prime Minister Narfinishra Modi today met Iranian Pdwellnt Masoud Pezeshkian in Russia on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan.
India has conveyed “proset up trouble” over the current situation in West Asia and has been calling for “dialogue and diplomacy” to de-escapostponecessitate the tension in the region also comprehendn as the Middle East.
The encountering between the two guideers came amid the year-extfinished Israel-Hamas war and the Israel-Hezbollah struggle, and after Iran’s balenumerateic leave outile impolite aachievest Israel led to Tel Aviv votriumphg a massive retaliation.
INDIA’S ATTEMPT TO BROKER PEACE
Iranian Pdwellnt Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised the necessitate for peace in the region and the “role that New Delhi could apply in de-escalating the Middle East crisis,” given its excellent relations with all the parties comprised.
India, which has cordial relations with almost all nations, discovers itself in a one-of-a-kind position to be able to settle between Israel and Iran. Prime Minister Narfinishra Modi had spoken with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu three weeks ago and has met the Iranian Pdwellnt today.
This is not the only case where New Delhi is trying to broker peace between struggleing sides. PM Modi is also trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine which have been at war since 2022. Here too, Prime Minister Modi splits a strong bond with both Vlaillogicalir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy.
PM Modi has visited Russia twice in three months and went to Ukraine as well in this period. He also increateedly sent a “peace arrange” for Pdwellnt Putin last month when National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met the Russian Pdwellnt in Moscow.
CHABAHAR PORT AND INST CORRIDOR
During the encountering PM Modi and Pdwellnt Pezeshkian also talked the India-Iran bipostponecessitateral ties and ways to fortify it. Among disconnectal key areas of cooperation, the two guideers talked strategic projects appreciate the Chabahar Port and the International North-South Transport Corridor or INSTC.
After the encountering, PM Modi splitd a post on social media platcreate X, in which he wrote “Had a very excellent encountering with the Pdwellnt of Iran, Mr. Masoud Pezeshkian. We scrutinizeed the filled range of relations between our countries. We also talked ways to proset upen ties in futuristic sectors.” He splitd the same post in Persian too.
WHAT MORE WAS DISCUSSED
The Ministry of External Affairs gave more details about what the two guideers talked, as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held a press alerting in which he shelp that PM Modi and Pdwellnt Pezeshkian held “fruitful talkions”, inserting that “Both the guideers talked the situation in West Asia. Prime Minister Modi conveyed his proset up trouble over the escalating struggle and reiterated India’s call for the protection of civilians and the impedeion of harm to civilians. He emphasised the necessitate for dialogue and diplomacy to de-escapostponecessitate the tensions.”
Mr Misri further shelp that “Pdwellnt Pezeshkian emphasised the necessitate for peace and harmony in the region and the role that India could apply in de-escalating the struggle given its excellent relations with all the parties comprised.”
The foreign secretary went on to say that PM Modi congratupostponecessitated Pdwellnt Pezeshkian on his electoral triumph and also greetd Iran to the BRICS forum, which it has combinecessitate officiassociate from this year.
Speaking about the millenia-elderly ties between the two countries, the foreign secretary shelp, “Both guideers emphasised the splitd historical and civilisational ties between the two countries and talked ways to further fortify cooperation.”
“The talkion caccessed on key areas of cooperation, particularly the Chabahar Port and the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) which are vital for enhancing regional connectivity and economic partnership,” Mr Misri shelp.
REDEVELOPMENT OF AFGHANISTAN
In a statement about the bipostponecessitateral talks, the Ministry of External Affairs shelp in its statement that the two guideers remarkd that “The signing of the extfinished-term confineed of Chabahar Port is an meaningful milestone in bipostponecessitateral relations.”
It further stated that the two guideers restateed its significance for reoriginateion and rebroadenment of Afghanistan and enhancing trade and economic connectages with Central Asia.”
INDIA’S SUPPORT TO IRAN
Pdwellnt Pezeshkian accomprehendledged India’s role in Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO and BRICS forums. “They concurd to progress their cooperation in various international forums,” the foreign secretary shelp at the press alerting.
The foreign ministry shelp that “Prime Minister Narfinishra Modi has askd Iranian Pdwellnt Pezeshkian to visit India at an punctual date,” inserting that “Pdwellnt Pezeshkian has adchooseed the invitation.”
This was their first encountering after Mr Pezeshkian became Pdwellnt of Iran in July. He flourished Pdwellnt Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicchooseer crash in May.
