TRILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN INDIA, ARMENIA, IRAN

Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, Armenia and Iran held the first trilateral political consultations in Yerevan
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The three countries had a wide range of discussions on:

Armenia and India

In 2022, both the countries celebrated 30 years of bilateral diplomatic relations.
Armenia and India maintain active political ties.
Effective cooperation exists between the two nations within international bodies.
After Armenia’s independence in 1991, Armenian-Indian relations were re-established.
In 1992, Diplomatic relations were established between the Republic of Armenia and India.
In 1999, the Indian Embassy in Yerevan began operations.

India-Iran

The relations of India and Iran span millennia marked by meaningful interactions.
Since the diplomatic relationship has been established in 1950 with the friendship treaty, the visits on the ministerial level have increased.
Both have in place several bilateral consultative mechanisms at various levels which meet regularly.
Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) chaired at the Ministerial level
Foreign Office Consultations chaired at the Foreign Secretary level
Joint Consular Committee Meeting at the level of Joint Secretary/DG
India-Iran commercial ties were traditionally dominated by the Indian import of Iranian crude oil.
Recently, Irani Ambassador to India described India as “most important to Iran”.
Iran considers, the Chabahar port as the “Golden Gateway”, with which India is highly involved.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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