New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold wide-ranging talks with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Thursday amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
Araghchi is visiting India on May 7 and 8 to co-chair the 20th Joint Commission Meeting between India and Iran.
It is the Iranian foreign minister’s first visit to India since assuming office in August 2024.
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The rising tension between India and Pakistan is expected to figure in the talks between the two foreign ministers.
“The joint commission meeting, being held on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the signing of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty, will review issues of mutual interest between the two countries and the way forward in strengthening bilateral relations,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
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