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Negotiations are taking place against the backdrop of a new escalation between Iran and the United States.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will arrive in New Delhi to attend the BRICS Leaders’ Summit — this will be his first visit to India as president.
Raisi's visit comes amid the United States and Israel's war on Iran. The visit also holds significance because Iran and the UAE have yet to reach a unified stance on the diplomatic formulations of the Delhi Declaration of BRICS, The Indian Express reports.
BRICS Sherpas — senior negotiators from India, Russia, Brazil, and Egypt — are making every effort to persuade the UAE and Iran to reach a consensus. Modi and Raisi met only 10 days ago, 31 August (the first since the start of the war in West Asia), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Leaders’ Summit. In the last six months, Modi and Raisi have held at least two phone conversations. At that meeting, Modi expressed “concern about the escalation of tensions” in the region and confirmed that all issues should be resolved through “dialogue and diplomacy.”
In turn, Raisi asked Modi to “use India’s great ties with various parties to help them move away from the path of war and bloodshed and return to the path of dialogue and agreement.” He cited India’s “important position and opportunities” in the region and the world, as well as the deep historical and cultural ties between the two countries.
Modi once again stressed the need to continue efforts to ensure strong peace and stability in the region and urged protection of the freedom of navigation and trade to avoid harming civilians and civilian infrastructure, including merchant shipping and mariners.
New Delhi is concerned about attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and it is expected that this issue will be raised again. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of renewed fighting between the United States and Iran after weeks of a fragile truce.
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