PM Modi wraps up two-day visit to Iran

May 23, 2016 21:45

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wrapped up his two-day visit to Iran during which the two countries signed 12 agreements including a "milestone" pact on developing the strategic Chabahar port and pledged to combat terrorism and radicalism.

"Khuda Hafez Tehran! A busy day of diplomacy ends as PM @narendramodi emplanes for Delhi," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.

Modi who held extensive talks with President Hassan Rouhani also called on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei before heading home.

During the visit, besides the bilateral pact to develop the Chabahar port for which India will invest $500 million, a trilateral Agreement on Transport and Transit Corridor was also signed by India, Afghanistan and Iran, which Prime Minister Modi said could "alter the course of the history of the region".

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