February 17, 2018

NEW DELHI — India and Iran on Saturday signed nine pacts, the most consequential of which will allow India to lease part of the strategic Chabahar port, near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.

The agreements came after "substantive" and "productive" talks between visiting President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"It is a matter of great pleasure for us that an Iranian President has traveled to India after a gap of 10 years," said Modi, who visited the Gulf nation in 2016. At a news conference with Rouhani, the prime minister added that the Iranian president's visit would strengthen the nations' historical and friendly ties.

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