The two leaders are also understood to have discussed the progress made on implementing the key Chabahar Port project.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday evening met visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. (Photo: Twitter)
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday evening met visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and is believed to have reassured him that India would continue to trade with Iran, regardless of the fresh US sanctions on the Islamic nation.
The two leaders are also understood to have discussed the progress made on implementing the key Chabahar Port project.
They discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest, the External Affairs Ministry said after the meeting.
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The two ministers positively assessed the implementation of decisions taken during the visit of Iranian President Rouhani to India. These included bilateral cooperation in the areas of connectivity, energy, trade and promotion of people to people contacts.
Zarif briefed Swaraj about the discussions that Iran has undertaken with parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action following the US decision to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran. Swaraj told him that all parties to the nuclear agreement should engage constructively for peaceful resolution of the issues that have arisen with respect to the pact.
Earlier on Monday, Swaraj told the media that India would only follow sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country in the context of American sanctions on Iran.
“India follows only UN sanctions and not unilateral sanctions by any country,” she said.
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