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Accord- Asia, while Afghanistan can get trade and transit corridor agree- to connect among themselves via ingly, through Chabahar port India linked to India via sea. See page 4 Leader.ir POLITICAL TEHRAN — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Af- deskghan President Ashraf Ghani separately met with the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday afternoon. The Prime Minister Modi and President Ghani visited Iran to sign a three-way transit agreement on Iranian southern port of Chabahar. The text of the Leader’s remarks in his meetings with the senior officials of India and Afghanistan will appear on our website and the Wednesday issue of the Tehran Times. On the importance of Chabahar port, the Indian prime minister said, “History is being created.” Modi also said, “We want to link to the world, but connectivity among ourselves is also a priority.” The accord will significantly boost the role of the undertapped port of Chabahar, connecting India through Iran and Afghanistan to Central Asia. “Today is an important and historical day for expansion of ties between the three countries,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech, sitting between Modi and Ghani. Ghani also said, “Our will starts from Chabahar today, but its end will be an all-out comprehensive development President.ir and economic-cultural cooperation.” ARTICLE Indo-Iran relationship COMMENT By: Jose Graziano da Silva By Pang Sen The FAO Director General ning of the Indo-Aryan civilization and lived with India. Bilateral relations also remained China’s ambassador to Iran ARTICLE together with a common language for many extremely cordial during Iran’s years of global By Adil Murtaza centuries in pasturelands of Oxus valley in Cen- chastisement for its nuclear program, with the tral Asia. exception of a short period during which India From crisis to With the creation of Pakistan in 1947, India was unable to deal with the dynamic of Iran- Truth you need to “My visit to Persia has given me faith in the pow- and Iran lost the geographical contiguity they U.S. disagreement. development: Boosting er of the eastern peoples to assert themselves had enjoyed for centuries. Overall, India’s diplomacy with Iran has been know about the and quickly find their way to a united The Cold War saw a period of turbulent re- rooted in economic interests and buttressed by agriculture’s role manifestation of their undying heritage in spite lations between the two countries, as the shah civilizational links. South China Sea of conflict and difficult economic circumstance”. of Iran allied his country with the U.S., whereas New Delhi’s contemporary cooperation with ith increasing frequency Rabindra Nath Tagore India preferred to remain non-aligned. Tehran is mainly premised on India’s energy se- hese days the issue of the Wand magnitude, disasters India and Iran share deep social, cultural, However, the end of the Cold War opened a curity, access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, TSouth China Sea draws the and conflicts are causing economic and political relations that have sup- window of opportunity for India to clear away and its enduring rivalry with Islamabad. attention of the world media untold human suffering in many plemented both civilizations. misunderstandings and upgrade its relation- It is worth emphasizing that India’s interests because the Arbitral Tribunal based parts of the world. These are as di- It is believed that Indians and Iranians be- ship with Iran. in Central Asia are substantial, and it needs to in the Hague is expected to make a verse as Typhoon Haiyan, Ebola, civil longed to one single family before the begin- Iran began to cultivate a strong relationship bolster its presence in the region. 3 decision in the near future on the ar- war in Syria, to name but a few of the bitration initiated by the Philippines. more recent. Some western media described this We need more concerted efforts to case as a righteous act by a small end conflict, alleviate suffering and re- Iranian and Afghan presidents hold talks country to protect its rights and in- duce risk and vulnerability conditions POLITICAL TEHRAN — President Has- Afghanistan. terests, and portrayed China as a vil- facing millions of people, most of whom desksan Rouhani and his Afghan “Stability, security and development of Af- lain defying international law. How- are poor and live in rural and marginal- counterpart Ashraf Ghani held talks in Tehran ghanistan are very important for the Islamic ever, is this really the case? ized areas of developing countries. on Monday. Republic of Iran and we are ready to cooper- One thing needs to be clarified is This, essentially, is the aim of the Ghani arrived in Tehran on Monday to wit- ate with our friendly and neighboring coun- that the Nansha Islands in the South World Humanitarian Summit (23 – 24 ness the signing of an agreement between Iran, try in this respect,” Rouhani remarked. China Sea has been China’s territo- May 2016, Istanbul, Turkey) convened India and Afghanistan which is intended to turn Afghanistan has been grappling with the ry since ancient times. Every Chinese by United Nations Secretary-General the Iranian port city of Chabahar into a transit scourge of terrorism since Taliban was formed government has exercised effective Ban Ki-moon. It seeks to build on the hub. in the early 1990s. jurisdiction over it. During World War momentum of an extraordinary series Rouhani said the trilateral agreement will For his part, Ghani called for expansion of Rouhani called “disappointment” one of the the Nansha Islands was invaded and of commitments by the international help economic development in the three coun- ties with Iran in various areas. main reasons behind the spread of terrorism occupied by Japan. At the end of the community. tries and the region as well. Elsewhere, Rouhani said Iran is ready to and said Tehran attaches great importance to war, it was recovered by China in ac- The recent adoption of a sustain- He also expressed hope that two countries cooperate with the Kabul government to Afghanistan’s development in order to establish cordance with the Cairo Declaration able development agenda to end would witness a “positive change” in relations. boost the security situation in the war-torn stability and security in the country. and the Potsdam Proclamation. It was hunger and poverty and to “leave widely recognized by the internation- no-one behind”, a universal climate al community that the Nansha Islands agreement, and a new framework to Velayati says Iran won’t allow Syria’s disintegration belongs to China in the following dec- reduce disaster risk and enhance re- ades. POLITICAL silience , are important steps in the TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Ve- was quoted as saying in the session. the meeting. The Philippines used to clear- desk right direction. layati, top aid to the Su- The Syrian crisis and Tehran’s unfailing sup- Fighting terrorists is very important to es- ly admit that its territory does not But we must go much further and preme Leader, said on Monday that Iran will port for Assad have been running themes in tablish international peace and security, the contain the Nansha Islands and radically transform how we perceive not allow Americans’ and its allies dream to almost all Velayati’s meetings. veteran politician had noted. Huangyan Dao. The scope of the and implement humanitarian efforts. disintegrate Syria to come true, branding it In his recent meeting with President Bashar Elsewhere, he had told student news agency Philippines’ territory is defined by Crises are not only humanitarian a “hideous plot,” according to IRNA. al-Assad in Damascus, Velayati hailed the re- ISNA that “Syria is the golden ring of resistance the 1898 Treaty of Peace Between emergencies. Many are also about ne- The veteran politician made the remarks in sistance shown by the Syrian government and front.” the United States of America and the glect and lack of development and as a meeting with visiting members of the Russian people against terrorists as “unprecedented in As of 2011 when the Syrian conflict waged, Kingdom of Spain (Treaty of Paris), such cannot be solved by humanitari- Center for Strategic and International Studies history.” Tehran has been providing financial and mili- the 1900 Treaty Between the King- an action alone. in Tehran. “Iran will use all its capacities to counter ter- tary supports to the Syrian government, show- dom of Spain and the United States In practical terms, it means mov- “Iran will adamantly resist such hideous plots rorists regardless of their farcical division into ing strong commitment to counterterrorism of America for Cession of Outlying ing beyond responding with short- and Bashar al-Assad is Iran’s redline,” Velayati moderate and extremist,” he had said during attempts.