Iranian Foreign Minister begins

3-day India visit today

Tuesday,14 January 2020 05:23 AM IST

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will arrive here on a three-day visit to India on Tuesday, amid the spiraling tension between Iran and the United States. Zarif will talk with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, in addition to giving a lecture at the annual conference of the Raisina Dialogue, the flagship of the Ministry of External Affairs. Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar will hold talks over breakfast with Zarif on Thursday morning, the ministry says. Zarif will be traveling to Mumbai on Thursday afternoon where he will interact with a group of business leaders. He'll finish his visit to India on Friday.