Iran values long-standing, civilisational ties with India: Foreign Ministry

Iran’s Overseas Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stated Iran shares a long-standing, historic and civilisational relationship with India and attaches nice significance to its ties with the nation.

On Tuesday (September 8, 2026), the Iranian Embassy in India launched an announcement from Iran’s Overseas Ministry spokesperson the place he stated, referring to the latest assembly between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, that “President Masoud Pezeshkian met with the Indian Prime Minister in Bishkek. Our relationship with India is constructed on long-standing civilisational and historic ties, and we extremely worth our partnership.”

Within the first top-level assembly between Iran and India because the starting of the warfare on Iran this February, Mr. Modi on August 31 met Mr. Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek and urged him to make sure peace and stability in West Asia and freedom of navigation within the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking in regards to the 18th BRICS Summit, Mr. Baghaei stated, “We will definitely make use of the chance supplied by the BRICS Summit to proceed our discussions and consultations with India in areas of mutual curiosity.”

Simply days earlier than the BRICS summit, Mr. Baghaei additionally stated that Chabahar Port is among the problems with bilateral talks between India and Iran. He stated, “Numerous points are normally mentioned throughout consultations between Iran and India, together with the Chabahar Port, which is necessary to each nations.”

The Chabahar port is being developed by India and Iran to spice up connectivity and commerce ties. Each nations are additionally strongly pitching for making Chabahar port an integral a part of the Worldwide North-South Transport Hall (INSTC).

Chabahar supplies India with direct entry to Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan, which denies India land transit routes. It enhances India’s commerce routes and reduces dependence on conventional maritime chokepoints.

India can be internet hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit will deliver collectively leaders of BRICS member and associate nations in addition to outreach invitees, in accordance with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.