Days after visiting Pakistan and assembly their Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Military Chief Asim Munir, Iran’s FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi has arrived in India on an official go to. His go to additionally comes a day after India carried out precision strikes on 9 terror camps current in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
On his first go to to the nation, Iran’s Overseas Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi will co-chair the twentieth India-Iran Joint Fee Assembly. The high-level dialogue comes as each nations mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, welcomed the visiting dignitary and highlighted the importance of the event.
In a submit on X, Jaiswal stated, “Heat welcome to FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi, as he arrives in New Delhi for the India-Iran Joint Fee Assembly. A chance to assessment and improve bilateral cooperation on the seventy fifth Anniversary of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty.”
The MEA stated in an announcement, “H.E. Dr. Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Overseas Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will go to India from 07 – 08 Could 2025 for co-chairing the twentieth Joint Fee Assembly between India and Iran. That is Dr. Araghchi’s first go to to India since assuming workplace as Minister of Overseas Affairs of Iran in August 2024. The Joint Fee Assembly, being held on the event of the seventy fifth anniversary of the signing of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty, will assessment problems with mutual curiosity between the 2 nations and the best way ahead in strengthening bilateral relations.”
What’s On Agenda?
The twentieth Joint Fee Assembly, being held on the event of the seventy fifth anniversary of the signing of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty, will assessment problems with mutual curiosity between the 2 nations and the best way ahead in strengthening bilateral relations, as per the discharge. Throughout his go to, Araghchi will maintain a bilateral assembly with Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad Home on Could 8. Later within the day, he’ll meet President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Studying Between The Traces
The Embassy of Iran in India stated that the Iranian Overseas Minister would go to India after a cease in Islamabad, the place he would maintain talks with Pakistani officers. Although not formally, however India and Iran are more likely to focus on the evolving scenario with Pakistan. Iran will push for de-escalation however India has maintained that if Pakistan retaliates, then India would go all weapons blazing towards Islamabad. It is also doubtless that, regardless of its repeated rhetoric, Pakistan might have requested Iran to mediate between the 2 nations, fearing escalation.
Nonetheless, there’s far more to Araghchi’s go to to India. After the Pahalgam assault, when tensions flared up between India and Pakistan, Iran has supplied to mediate for de-escalation. Nonetheless, India has already rejected any third-party mediation. On April 25, the Iranian Overseas Minister had given a name for peace to prevail within the neighbourhood in a submit on X. His name for peace got here within the wake of the dastardly Pahalgam terror assault on April 22 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which focused vacationers, killing 26 individuals.