The SCO is increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO and its membership will help India have a greater say in issues relating to security and defence besides combating terrorism.
The clearance of this project was to come up at the NSG meeting but now the proposed $7 billion Iran-India gas pipeline is likely to dominate the agenda
India and Pakistan will seek third party certification of Iran's gas reserves before moving ahead on the $7.4-billion Iran-India-Pakistan pipeline, which is to meet the growing energy needs of both nations.
Pakistan sees it as a 'stand-alone' project, while India sees it as part of a broader economic interaction.
The statement came after Pak Army chief called on PM Nawaz Sharif and discussed the ICJ's stay order on the execution of Jadhav.
Oppn to take on govt in Parliament session
India and Pakistan have differed over the modalities in reaching an agreement on the trans-national Iran-India gas pipeline after Islamabad said it was a "stand-alone" project and that it would not accept any "external conditionalities" on it.
Iran said on Wednesday that the proposed $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline is closer to becoming a reality following the recent goodwill generated between India and Pakistan.
'Indian and Iranian sources both confirmed to me that India and Iran are moving ahead to implement a payment system on buying oil from Iran and hope to finalise it very soon,' says Aveek Sen.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will visit Pakistan from June 3 to boost energy ties and discuss the $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline project.\n\n
India on Wednesday said the $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline passing through Pakistan will have to be considered as a part of wider economic and trade cooperation between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will visit Pakistan in the second fortnight of May to discuss modalities of Iran-India gas pipeline besides other areas of cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
India is likely to discuss the fate of the proposed $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline during talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz next week.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will visit Pakistan in May to boost bilateral energy ties and discuss the $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline project.
Iranian gas, through a pipeline via Pakistan, will cost $2.40-2.49 per million British thermal unit at the Indian border, according to estimates by international consultants working on the 2775-km Iran-India pipeline project.
Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the Modi government and Anil Ambani over the Rafale issue, saying that in order to bag India's biggest defence contracts one has to be a "defaulter of Rs 45,000 crore" and have "no relevant experience".
The port is likely to ramp up trade between India, Afghanistan and Iran in the wake of Pakistan denying transit access to New Delhi for trade with the two countries.
Ban on US-EU import of meat & poultry products could, if we get active, allow us to access a $128-billion market.
The Chabahar message is a reality check for China, which has made deep political and strategic inroads into Iran.
PM Narendra Modi said to carve out new routes of peace and prosperity is the common goal of India, Iran and Afghanistan.
Scanty rain would have put extra pressure on food prices.
With Iran reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme, India is expected to be one of the major gainers.
India has asked refiners that owe about $6.5 billion to Iran for oil imports to build up dollar and euro balances to avoid downward pressure on the rupee if six world powers and Tehran reach a final nuclear deal.
Iran on Thursday ordered a release of an Indian tanker seized by it in Persian Gulf while carrying crude from Basrah in Iraq and taken to its Bandar Abbas Port 24 days ago.
In the year since Modi cast the spotlight on Pakistan's human rights violations in Balochistan, India has not done much more than raise the issue at the UN a few times.
'Even if such a thing happens, it will not prolong for many days like Doklam did.' 'That is because both the leaders do not want it.'
India-Israel relations are at a crossroads. Simply chanting old hackneyed mantras on terrorism, secularism, democracy, et al, won't suffice. There is danger of stagnation setting in, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The question really is whether the US can be persuaded to embark on a path of calibrated and stronger sanctions on Pakistan.
Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who was a surprise winner in the recent elections, took oath on Sunday as Iran's seventh president at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of world leaders, including Vice President Hamid Ansari, with which he has pledged to expand ties.
India, China and other countries that have been cutting their oil imports from Iran have reached a point where it is "very very difficult" to reduce any further without seriously impacting their economies, US Secretary of State John Kerry has told lawmakers.
India's low passion, very cautious, relationship with Iran of the last 36 years awaits transformation, says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd). Prime Minister Modi's visit cannot be a negotiating event; it is a symbolic one to strengthen the politico-diplomatic relationship.
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has suggested pricking the ballooning oil bill with everything from a street theatre campaign encouraging lower fuel use, to shutting fuel stations, to increasing imports from Iran.
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