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Pezeshkian Arrives in India for BRICS Summit, Meets Modi
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting India.
He is going to New Delhi for a meeting called the BRICS Leaders’ Summit.
He will meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening.
This is Pezeshkian’s first visit to India as president.
It is also the first visit by an Iranian president to India in more than eight years.
Modi and Pezeshkian met recently in Kyrgyzstan.
Iran is currently fighting a war involving the United States and Israel.
Iran and the United Arab Emirates are still discussing the wording of an important BRICS statement.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting New Delhi for the BRICS Leaders’ Summit.
Pezeshkian will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening.
The visit is Pezeshkian’s first to India since becoming president.
He is the first Iranian president to visit India in more than eight years.
Iran and the United Arab Emirates have not agreed on diplomatic language for the BRICS Delhi Declaration.
- Who
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- Pezeshkian is visiting India for the BRICS Leaders’ Summit and will meet Modi.
- Where
- New Delhi, India; the leaders previously met in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on August 31.
- When
- Pezeshkian arrives today and is scheduled to meet Modi on Friday evening; the article does not specify the calendar date.
- Why
- The visit is for the BRICS Leaders’ Summit and comes amid negotiations over the BRICS Delhi Declaration.
Key facts
- Visitor
- Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran
- Host
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
- Event
- BRICS Leaders’ Summit
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Meeting time
- Friday evening
- Previous meeting
- August 31 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders’ summit
- Diplomatic issue
- Iran and the United Arab Emirates have not reached a common position on the BRICS Delhi Declaration’s diplomatic language
Sources
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