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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Iran beginning May 22nd. External Affairs Ministry, in a statement said that during the visit, the Prime Minister will call on the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and will hold talks on a wide range of subjects of mutual interest with President Dr. Hassan Rouhani.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Iran will provide a timely thrust to the ongoing efforts of the two countries and their business entities to expand bilateral cooperation and mutually benefit from new opportunities in the wake of lifting of secondary sanctions against Iran earlier this year. India and Iran share longstanding civilisational ties.
Iran is situated in India’s extended neighbourhood and the two countries have significant overlap in their economic and security space. Mr Modi will seek to build on these commonalities by focussing on specific cooperation in regional connectivity and infrastructure, developing energy partnership, boosting bilateral trade, facilitating people-to-people interaction in various spheres and promoting peace and stability in the region.
