{"id":4962,"date":"2024-01-24T08:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:07:24","slug":"indo-iran-ties-strengthened-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Iran Ties Strengthened Further"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4962\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 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https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e3-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e3-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newageislam.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea-gulf-aden-indo-iran\/d\/131571\">https:\/\/www.newageislam.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea-gulf-aden-indo-iran\/d\/131571<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/indo-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/\">https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/indo-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hiindia.com\/india-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/\">https:\/\/hiindia.com\/india-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar\u2019s two-day visit to Iran, last week, was a crucially timed diplomatic engagement. The visit besides discussing the regional security situation was also aimed at further strengthening the political, economic and cultural aspects of the bilateral relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the crisis in the Red Sea spurred by the Israel-Hamas war escalates, India has begun a diplomatic outreach to crucial regional players to secure the country\u2019s trade and strategic interests. The outreach treads a line of neutrality in the conflict between the Western powers and the Islamic world wherein India has not joined the US-led multinational naval coalition in the Red Sea while it remains critical of the Houthis\u2019 violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this backdrop, Minister of External Affair S Jaishankar\u2019s recent visit to Tehran was aimed to express India\u2019s concerns on the increasing attacks by the allegedly Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea, which he shared with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MEA spokesperson said the issue of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the violence and destabilisation there, were among the things that were discussed, as India is \u2018deeply concerned about the whole situation\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last weeks, both the US and the UK have launched air strikes targeting the Houthi positions in Yemen. On its part, India has been closely monitoring the unfolding situation in the Red Sea. The issue also figured in a phone conversation between Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 11 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries like India are concerned that the conflict may impact most of Asian trade with Europe. This may lead to a supply chain restructuring, with neighbouring countries at higher costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran supposedly has close links with the Houthi militia in Yemen which have launched a series of attacks on shipping vessels plying the Red Sea route since mid-November. A key motivation for Jaishankar\u2019s visit was the recent attacks on several India-linked shipping vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terming the attacks on ships in the vicinity of India as a matter of \u2018grave concern\u2019 to the international community, S Jaishankar said in Tehran that such threats have a direct bearing on India\u2019s energy and economic interest as he underlined that this \u2018fraught situation\u2019 is not to the benefit of any party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere has also recently been a perceptible increase in threats to the safety of maritime commercial traffic in this important part of the Indian Ocean,\u201d he said in a joint press statement after wide-ranging talks with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that it\u2019s important that this issue be \u2018speedily addressed\u2019, in an apparent reference to the targeting of merchant vessels in the Red Sea \u2013 one of the busiest trade routes \u2013 by Iranian-backed Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Economic Aspects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EAM Jaishankar also met with Iran\u2019s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash and held a detailed and productive discussion on establishing a long-term cooperation framework on the strategically vital Chabahar Port. During the visit, on 15 January, India and Iran signed an agreement on the further development of the Chabahar Port<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located in Sistan-Balochistan province on Iran\u2019s southern coast, the Chabahar Port is being developed jointly by India and Iran to boost connectivity and trade ties. India has been pushing for the port project to boost regional trade, especially for its connectivity to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Jaishankar had projected the Chabahar Port as a \u2018key regional transit hub\u2019 at a connectivity conference in Tashkent in 2021. The port is also seen as a key hub for the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The INSTC project is a 7,200-km-long multimode transport project for moving freight between India, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cultural Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant move to deepen cultural ties, EAM S Jaishankar announced that the Government of India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in India under the New Education Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government of India has decided to include Farsi as one of the nine classical languages of India in our New Education Policy,\u201d said Jaishankar, highlighting the cultural, literary, and linguistic connections between Iran and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaishankar, made the above remarks during a joint press joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart, H Amirabdollahian on 15 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian Outreach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian foreign minister\u2019s recent visit to Iran was part of the diplomatic efforts that have been stepped up to secure India\u2019s interests regionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though, the Shiite population in India is quite small compared to the Sunni Muslims. Yet, the Indian government has always been able to build and balance its relationship with Iran and Saudi Arabia, both seen as the leaders of the Shia and Sunni communities globally. This diplomatic balancing has always worked to India\u2019s advantage, besides giving it a regional clout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a regional level India has always accorded a significant priority to its ties with Iran. As the country apart from offering it a gateway to the central Asian republics and also Afghanistan, has also been a reliable oil supplier to India, and that too on a favourable rupee payment basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the issues discussed during the foreign minister\u2019s visit also encompassed all aspects of the sustained relationship between India and Iran, as they covered regional security, trade and development and cultural ties. The announcement related to Farsi, was also timed right and was aimed at targeting the Muslim minority in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years Indo-Iran ties have moved ahead, in spite of meddling by other countries and the current diplomatic policy led by PM Modi and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in this regard has not only carried on the old relationship, but the manner in which trade, economic and cultural tries between the two countries have progressed, shows their commitment to build a long-lasting relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4962\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;151&nbsp;total views<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;151&nbsp;total views https:\/\/www.newageislam.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea-gulf-aden-indo-iran\/d\/131571 https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/indo-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/ https:\/\/hiindia.com\/india-iran-ties-strengthened-further\/ External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar\u2019s two-day visit to Iran, last week, was a crucially timed diplomatic engagement. The visit besides discussing the regional security situation was also aimed at further strengthening the political, economic and cultural aspects of the bilateral relations. 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