Iran foreign minister raises US sanctions with India

Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif on Monday raised the issue of “illegal and unilateral US sanctions” on his country all through telephone communication with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar.

In latest weeks, Iran’s top leadership has known as on India and different nations to help defeat the USA sanctions which are hampering the country’s fight in against Covid-19.

Iran is among  the  countries which are hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and has recorded more than 73,000 confirmed case and nearly 4,600 deaths.

Iran’s foreign ministry tweeted that Zarif and Jaishankar had exchanged opinions on the latest situation regarding the COVID-19 outbreak within the areas and the world and the common ways to cope with it.

It said they also mentioned the “illegal and unilateral US sanctions towards the Iranian people”.

Besides, Zarif and Jaishankar also discussed the latest political developments in Afghanistan, mainly the peace procedure in that country.

Jaishankar tweeted that he and Zarif mentioned “respective responses to the #Coronavirus challenge” and “exchanged views on regional tendencies”. He did no longer supply details or say whether the US sanctions on Iran had figured in the discussions.

The COVID-19 crisis additionally figured in a verbal telephone exchange on Monday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. This was the latest in a string of such conversations the Indian premier has had with international leaders to forge a common approach to the pandemic.

“The leaders agreed on the capability for bilateral collaboration in preventing COVID9, which include facilitating resources of required medical equipment. They also dedicated to providing esential assist to every other’s citizens present in their territories,” the external affairs ministry said in a statement.

Both leaders additionally stressed the importance of the strategic partnership among India and Vietnam and expressed satisfaction   latest progress on various fronts.

They agreed their groups would remain in touch “for coordination on the pandemic response measures in addition to different components of bilateral relations”.