Active engagement with neighbors, Iran's top priority: Zarif Says

Tehran (IP) - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his latest tweet released on Tuesday after meeting with his Indian counterpart called active engagement with neighbors as Iran's top priority.

Iran PressIran News: Zarif called the meeting with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as a pleasing event, saying "Pleased to host my Indian counterpart@ DrJaishankar in Tehran for talks today."

The tweet read: "Discussed expansion of bilateral relations and trade and exchanged views on important regional issues."

"Our active engagement with our neighborhood is our top priority," concluded Zarif.

The Indian Foreign Minister arrived in Tehran before his trip to Russia to meet with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. His visit takes place after the unexpected visit of the Minister of Defense 'Rajnat Singh' to Tehran on Monday and the meeting with Iran’s Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami.

Iranian and Indian Foreign Ministers discussed mutual cooperation and ties in a meeting in Tehran.

In this meeting also the latest regional and global developments were reviewed by two top diplomats.

Jaishankar is to visit Russia to attend a foreign ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

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