TEHRAN Indian Ambassador to Iran Pripuran Singh Hae conferred here on Wednesday with Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rouhani on issues of mutual interests.

At the meeting, Rouhani described the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Tehran as a positive development in bilateral ties and said the agreements reached during the visit is an indication of firm determination by both sides to further upgrade and consolidate mutual cooperation.

Officials from Iran and India should endeavor to implement the agreements signed between the two countries, he said.

Rouhani said, the recent visit of India's national security advisor Brajesh Mishra to Tehran was the first steps toward cooperation between the two countries in security matters.

Future meetings of this kind can help further exchange of views and consultations leading to peace and stability in the region, he said.

Security, stability and peace in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean is an undeniable need which is considered as the prime goals of the institutions, Rouhani said adding that cooperation of these councils to promote further mutual understanding and restore peace and stability in region as well as continue dialogues on strategic issues is a must.

Describing as positive the invitation extended by Vajpayee to Pakistan's chief executive General Pervez Musharraf to pay an official visit to India, he said, "We hope the visit to have fruitful and constructive results both for the two countries as well as the region.''

"A safe, stable and developed subcontinent to the east of Iran is very important for us," he said.

The Indian ambassador said, "The guidelines of Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in his meeting with Indian prime minister on implementing the accords already signed between the two countries made us feel accountable toward the issue, therefore we are fully determined to materialize these accords."

Underlining his country's eagerness to purchase energy from Iran, he said India is fully determined to press ahead with the transfer gas from Iran. "We need gas and Iran enjoy the best capability to meet our demands."

He expressed his country's interest in Rouhani's visit to India, and said the visit can have similar impacts as his visit to Pakistan which paved the way for strategic cooperation leading to consolidating peace and stability in the region.

(IRNA)