Iran, India set to ink economic co-op MOUs

TEHRAN,April 30(MNA) - Iran and India will hold a joint economic meeting in Tehran in the upcoming days, during which the two sides will sign six memorandums of understanding, the Iranian ambassador to India stated. Iranian foreign minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid will chair the meeting, ILNA quoted Ambassador Gholamreza Ansari as saying on Monday. The issue of exporting Iranian gas via the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to India will be also discussed, Ansari said. India and Iran must work together to further promote trade and economic links, increased people- to-people contacts between them and within the region, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said. The two countries plan to reach $25 billion in annual bilateral trade in the next four years.