The Foreign ministers of Iran and India had met on 14th December in Islamabad for negotiating promotion of bilateral relations including construction of a seabed pipeline to export gas to India. The meeting between Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Sushma Swaraj took place on the sidelines of the conference Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, Iran’s SHANA news agency reported.
Zarif said that New Delhi can cooperate with Tehran in development of Chabahar Port as well as other economic, trade, and banking activities. Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC), Alireza Kameli said that Tehran and New Delhi are seriously negotiating construction of a trans Oman Sea-Indian Ocean pipeline.