Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif will hold talks with the Indian FM Sushma Swaraj on Monday evening. The US sanctions on Iran had previously stalled Indian investment in and development of the port complex. According to a schedule put out by the Indian foreign ministry, Zarif arrived in New Delhi on Monday and will hold talks with the Indian foreign minister on Monday evening. US president Donald Trump, who had pledged to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal during his 2016 presidential campaign, announced on 8 May that Washington was withdrawing from the deal. A report by Al Jazeera said Iran was looking for economic assurances to stay in the nuclear deal and sought specifics on how that would happen by end of May.

Source: Mint May 28, 2018 07:18 UTC