Indian FM to visit Iran

April 6, 2016 - 19:0

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to visit Iran on April 16.

Her trip is aimed at re-energizing ties with Tehran following the lifting of international sanctions on the strategically important West Asian nation, the Livemint website reported on Wednesday.

Swaraj will co-chair a meeting of the India-Iran Joint Commission that will review bilateral relations with Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia, two people familiar with the developments said.

The last joint commission meeting took place in New Delhi in December, 2015.

Prior to her visit, Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will also be in Iran, aiming to scale up oil and gas trade and investment in Iran’s energy sector as well as downstream industries like fertilizers and steel.

 

 

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