India looks to expand Iran trade amid US curbs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek — their first in-person meeting since the recent war. The two discussed expanding and diversifying bilateral trade amid US sanctions on Iran, freedom of navigation and seafarers' safety, cooperation in BRICS and SCO, and India's stake in the Chabahar Port. Modi invited Pezeshkian to the BRICS summit in India.
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India-Iran ties, the Chabahar Port and the SCO are recurring international-relations themes.
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- Modi met Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the SCO summit sidelines in Bishkek
- Talks covered expanding trade amid US sanctions, seafarers' safety and Chabahar Port
- Modi invited Pezeshkian to the BRICS summit in India on September 12-13
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