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Ahmadinejad warmly welcomed the External Affairs
Minister and echoed his sentiments, saying India and Iran had
joint roots.
He also expressed satisfaction that Indo-Iran Joint
Commission would take place shortly which would "give impetus
to cooperative and multi-faceted ties".
The last Joint Commission meeting was held about 18
months ago here and the next meeting is planned in New Delhi.
Iran, he said, was happy to see India's economic
development and progress which was good for the region.
The President requested Krishna to convey his greeting
to the President and Prime Minister of India.
Krishna thanked the President of Iran for receiving
him warmly.
The External Affairs Minister was assisted by Indian
Ambassador to Iran Sanjay Singh, Joint Secretary (Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Iran) in the Foreign Office Yash Sinha and other
officials, while the Iranian team, comprised Deputy Foreign
Minister Mohammad Ali Fathollahi and Director General of Asian
Affiars among others.
Krishna had yesterday met his counterpart Manouchehr
Mottaki and discussed bilateral relations and trade ties.
After the meeting, IRNA reported Mottaki as saying in
meeting with his Indian counterpart that "after the end of the
cold war era the regional groups spent a hag period of
relative stagnation for some 15 years".
"Some people had at that time assumed that
unilateralism would replaced the former bipolar world order,"
IRNA quoted Mottaki, who was not present that the meeting
today, as saying.
"India can as an influential country play a very
decisive role in the region," he said. PTI ANZ
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