The ministers reviewed previous agreements and reaffirmed
their countries’ longstanding cultural, historical, and economic ties. Nouri
Ghezeljeh expressed appreciation for India’s support in facilitating Iran’s
membership in BRICS and noted that bilateral cooperation is entering a new
phase.
In addition to these developments, Iran and India have
agreed to establish a joint agricultural cooperation committee within the next
three months. This committee aims to facilitate exports of agricultural
products and address issues such as quarantine requirements and customs
barriers. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Iran's Deputy
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Mehdi Borumandi and Secretary of India's
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry Manoj Ahuja in New Delhi. The
officials also agreed to hold the first joint working group on agricultural
cooperation between the two countries in the near future.
Furthermore, Iran's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Alireza
Mohajer has voiced the country's readiness to cooperate with BRICS member
countries in the agricultural sector. Speaking at the 14th meeting of the BRICS
ministers of agriculture in Russia, Mohajer highlighted Iran's strategic
geographical position, being situated at the intersection of the North-South
and East-West transit corridors. He noted that Iran can help expand regional
and international trade networks in agriculture and is an effective partner in
bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
These initiatives are expected to streamline future
collaborations through BRICS mechanisms, particularly financial instruments
designed to bypass conventional barriers and facilitate smoother transactions
among member states. Both ministers expressed optimism that deeper engagement
between Iran and India—within the BRICS framework and bilaterally—will lead to
meaningful developments in agricultural and economic relations.
