PM Modi, President Ghani set to visit Iran next week

PM Modi, President Ghani set to visit Iran next week

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani are set to visit Tehran next week.

Modi is due in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 22-23 and President Ghnai also will be in Tehran concurrent with Indian premier.

Senior Indian and Afghan officials are scheduled to take part in a ceremony aimed at breaking the ground for the development of the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar.

Indian premier and Afghan president will sign a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran on the development of the strategic port.

Ghani, who took office in September 2014, first visited Iran last April to discuss Tehran-Kabul cooperation on a wide range of issues. Indian premier, who took office in May 2014, will be visiting Iran for the first time.

The Chabahar route will allow Indian goods to reach Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar without crossing Pakistan’s territory. The strategic port is the closest and best access point of Iran to the Indian Ocean.

Tehran has devised serious plans to turn it into a transit hub for immediate access to markets in the northern part of the Indian Ocean and Central Asia.

In recent months, several world leaders have visited Tehran in order to seek a close economic, cultural and political cooperation with the Islamic Republic.

It is notable that Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, had frequently stressed through his messages and speeches to maintain friendly ties with all world nations, especially the developing countries.

Following the footsteps of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, senior Iranian officials have pursued policies of promoting peace and reviving the rights of developing and oppressed nations.

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