Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister during his maiden state visit to India held wide-ranging talks with senior Indian officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit came as New Delhi is facing a diplomatic storm over Islamophobic remarks made by spokespersons for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Iran was one of the Muslim-majority countries that summoned Indian envoys to lodge an official protest over the matter.
They also discussed “closer regional cooperation” with a focus on peace and stability in Afghanistan and the need to help the crisis-stricken country overcome an economic quagmire, the statement noted.
Iran, Amir-Abdollahian said, has no barriers to expanding its relations with India, while drawing Doval’s attention to the sensitivity of Muslims regarding their religious figures. Anadolu Agency
