Iran-India Ties Not Influenced by Any Third Party: Indian Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Indian official said India's bilateral ties with Iran are not influenced by New Delhi’s relations with any third party.
“India's bilateral relations with Iran stand on their own and are not influenced by India’s relations with any third country,” Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in a written reply on Wednesday, The Economic Times reported.
Muraleedharan was answering a query on Indo-Iran trade agreement. “An Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the government of the Republic of India and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran" was signed on April 10, 2001.
Iran's Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni on Tuesday stressed that his country can provide "affordability, accessibility and security" of energy to India.
The Iranian envoy also alluded to the possibility of using barter, rupee and European mechanisms for trade in oil with India and other countries to circumvent the US sanctions.
The remarks came days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured New Delhi that America is "doing everything" to ensure India has crude oil imports in the wake of the situation arising out of sanctions on importing oil from Iran.
