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Tehran will welcome diplomatic initiative from India: Iran Dy FM Abbas Araghchi

The Indian Express·Shubhajit Roy·19 days ago
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi being received by officials ahead of BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Delhi, Wednesday. (PTI) For the first time since Pakistan emerged as a mediator between the US and Iran amid the war in West Asia, Tehran has conveyed to New Delhi that if India comes up with a “diplomatic initiative”, the Iranian government will “welcome and work on it”. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Wednesday that he has conveyed the same to MEA Secretary (West) Siby George at their bilateral meeting. Giving a context to Pakistan’s role, he said that Egypt, Qatar, Oman, and now Pakistan have been mediators, and that they are open to India as well. Gharibabadi, who is a member of the Iranian negotiating team and was part of the Islamabad talks, said, “We always welcome any diplomatic initiative. Egypt had diplomatic initiative, when we did not have even full political or diplomatic relations with Egypt, but we welcomed the initiative of Egypt.…

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