By NNN-APP
New Delhi : India on Friday asked Iran to cooperate with IAEA actively and in a transparent manner as further progress was needed on Tehran’s nuclear programme to remove all doubts and uncertainty.
Navtej Sarna, spokesman of the Indian External Affairs Ministry said while talking to reporters after a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari, the special envoy of Iranian President Mohd Ahmedinejad.
During talks the Iranian special envoy briefed India on Iran’s nuclear policy.
During talks Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said Iran had a right to develop peaceful use of nuclear energy while fulfilling all its international commitments and obligations.
Navtej Sarna further said the Iranian envoy also called on Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and discussed bilateral relations and situation in the region.