President Rouhani told Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday that with development of Chabahar port in Southern Iran, India will be linked to Central Asia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan and the giant project is a new chapter in mutal and multilateral cooperation among Tehran, New Delhi and the entire region.
He said the history of Iran-India cultural proximity and relations serve as a good basis for further expansion of bilateral relations in all areas of interest and expansion of the bilateral relations to the multilateral level will benefit the entire region.
Also referring to the potential of Iran and India, he said Tehran and India have many interests and can have extensive cooperation in the expansion of economic and political realtions and in regional and international issues.