MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The agreement on comprehensive economic cooperation was signed Monday by Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, local media reported.
According to the local IRNA news agency, Tehran and New Delhi agreed to develop cooperation in various fields, including energy, trade, infrastructure, banking and consular services, as well as tourism.
The Iranian minister stressed that the deal could "remove obstacles and existing problems on the way of trade and commerce between the two countries."
Earlier in the day, the head of Iran's energy working group delegation to New Delhi said India is ready to restore its previous volumes of oil imports from Iran as soon as the economic sanctions are fully lifted from Tehran.