Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, the Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is set to visit the Republic of India this week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers' Meeting. Iraj Elahi, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of India, has confirmed the meeting. He also noted the importance of the growing defence relations between Iran and India. While attending the Iran Army Day celebrations in New Delhi, the capital of India, Elahi said, "The defence relations between Iran and India are going through a growing process in the framework of the comprehensive relations between the two countries. I also hope that with the visit of the Honorable Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran to India...the defence relations between the two countries will be further developed and strengthened in a dynamic bilateral and multilateral format." Iran's defence minister is set t...
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