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TEHRAN (ecoideal)- Indian Ambassador to Tehran Saurabh Kumar announced that the country is trying to further boost banking cooperation with Iran.
"India is holding negotiations with the Iranian officials to develop relations in investment fields and banking cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Kumar said in a meeting with governor-general of Isfahan province Mohsen Mehralizadeh in the Central city of Isfahan on Sunday.
Noting that India has recently inaugurated an office of its Chamber of Commerce in Iran, he said that New Delhi is studying ways to further broaden economic and banking cooperation with Tehran.
"The Indian government is highly interested in the development of cooperation with Iran," Kumar added.
In relevant remarks in May, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the need for the removal of obstacles in the way of Tehran-New Delhi cooperation in the banking sector.
"I am hopeful that Iran and India will broaden their relations in the economic field, specially banking and trade relations," Zarif said in a meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Tehran.
The Iranian foreign minister pointed to the status quo of Iran-India relations, and said, "The two countries have a lot of common grounds to enhance mutual cooperation in different fields, trade and energy in particular."
Jaishankar, for his part, said that prospects of India relations with Iran are promising.
He described his meetings with senior Iranian officials, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh in particular, as positive in energy cooperation.
He also underlined mutual collaboration in the arenas of transit and North-South international corridor.
Source: Farsnews