On the sidelines of the 16th BRICS National Security Advisors’ meeting, NSA Ajit Doval today met Deputy Secretary for Defence Affairs of the SNSC of Iran, Ghadir Nezamipour in New Delhi. .
The Ministry of External Affairs said that both sides reviewed the ongoing situation in West Asia. They also discussed cooperation under the BRICS platform and India-Iran bilateral ties.
Mr Doval also met the Executive Director of Analysis at the National Intelligence and Security Service of Ethiopia, Million Lema Tadesse. Both sides explored areas of cooperation to enhance and deepen the India-Ethiopia Strategic Partnership.
Nezamipour, the Deputy Secretary for Defence Affairs at Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), is in New Delhi to attend a conclave of BRICS.
“Both sides reviewed the ongoing situation in West Asia. They also discussed cooperation under the BRICS platform and India-Iran bilateral ties,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on social media.