India opposed to any sanctions affecting people of Iran: Rao

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Mar 16 (PTI) India on Tuesday said it is
opposed to any sanctions on Iran that would affect the common
people of the country and hoped the issues between Tehran and
the international community will be resolved through dialogue.
"It continues to be our view that sanctions that
target Iranian people and cause difficulties to the ordinary
man, woman and child would not be conducive to a resolution of
this question," Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said in
response to a question at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a
Washington-based think-tank.
She was delivering a lecture on 'Two Democracies --
Defining te Essence of India-US Partnership'.
Led by the US, international community the UN Security
Council in particular is now contemplating sanctions against
Iran; though it is not known what form those sanctions would
take place.
"We do not want more instability in that region. Iran
is very much a part of our region. Iran for instance has a
very important role to play in the developing situation in
Afghanistan and we of course have strong bilateral ties with
Iran," the Foreign Secretary said. PTI LKJ
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