Iran President's India Visit: Hassan Rouhani, PM Modi Meet

Iran President's India Visit: Hassan Rouhani, PM Modi Meet. Ahead of the bilateral meeting between both countries, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, "We, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, believe that the people of Iran and India have had friendly relations with each other. We have had cultural, economic and other relations with each other since the last many centuries."

Iran President's India Visit: Hassan Rouhani, PM Modi Meet


          President Rouhani gave a state reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. As the meeting between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins, Iran has expressed willingness to share its vast oil and natural gas resources with India for the prosperity of its people and offered to simplify visa norms to strengthen the relations between the two countries. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to India, said that the current century belongs to Asia where New Delhi and Tehran have a very important role. He also emphasised the importance of the Chabahar port being jointly built in southeastern Iran, saying it will open the transit route for India to Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asian countries as well as Europe.

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