External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj was returning from the Russian city of Sochi where she attended the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Photo: Sushil Kumar/HTNew Delhi: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday made a stopover at Tehran on her way back from Russia, and held a luncheon meeting with her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif during which issues of mutual interests were discussed. Both sides discussed issues of mutual interest,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Besides bilateral issues, Swaraj and Zarif are understood to have deliberated on regional situation and political developments in the Gulf region. On her stopover, MEA officials said it was a technical stopover and not an unscheduled one.

Source: Mint December 02, 2017 12:00 UTC