"The two leaders discussed the regional situation and expressed grave concern at continued use of terrorism and violence in the region for achieving political objectives," the Indo-Afghan joint statement said, indirectly hitting out at Pakistan. Connectivity between India and Afghanistan through Iran's Chabahar Port also figured in the discussions. This is important since Pakistan has refused to give transit rights for Indian goods to Afghanistan. India has offered to supply 1.75 lakh tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan.India made a request "months back" to Pakistan for the transit, Jaishankar said, but "we have not received any response". Extending further developmentrelated support Modi also proposed to supply world-class and easily affordable medicines from India and cooperationinsolarenergythrough mutually agreed instruments.

Source: Economic Times September 14, 2016 21:41 UTC