The dates for the visit will be decided by the two sides after diplomatic consultations. This was the first meeting between the two leaders after a long time and they reviewed bilateral relations, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told reporters while briefing them about the meeting.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to Delhi on Monday night after a nine-day tour Brazil and Cuba where he met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit.
"The bullying power is collapsing and falling down. They are at the end of their life...at the end of their road," the Iranian president said at a crowded press conference in Delhi on Tuesday night after meetings with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Describing Iran as a "danger" to world peace, Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked India not to remain "neutral" to Iran's "aggressive attempt" to become a forceful hegemon in the region.
Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Organisation of Islamic Conference an ineffective body, welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and proposed free and fair elections to end the crisis in Syria.
Iran blamed America for the cancellation saying they had delayed the issuance of visas to the crew of the special plane that would have carried Ahmedinejad to New York for the meeting.
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