TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf in a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Tehran Gaddam Dharmendra said that given the longstanding and friendly relations between Iran and India no other country should be allowed to even think of harming such cooperation.
“Trade ties between Iran and India go back to long ago. Such relations have had a great impact on the two nations’ cultural and political ties too,” Qalibaf also said in his Monday meeting with Dharmendra.
Referring to the significant role of Iran and India as two historical civilizations in Asia, the Iranian parliament speaker said, “Expansion of mutual ties between the two countries can bear great impacts on the regional and international levels.”
“We should not let a third country interfere in our historical ties,” he stressed.
Qalibaf, meantime, invited the Indian parliament speaker to pay an official visit to Tehran.
Dharmendra, for his part, referred to the 70th anniversary of Iran-India friendship agreement, saying, “We had many plans for this year’s anniversary; our parliament speaker was due to visit Tehran; however, the plans have been disrupted because of the coronavirus.”
He expressed New Delhi’s willingness for broadening of relations with Tehran in different economic, political and cultural fields.
In a relevant development earlier this month, the Iranian parliament ratified the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTAA) and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion between Iran and India to help boost bilateral trades.
In February 2018, Iran and India signed the agreement with respect to taxes on income.
The Agreement is said to stimulate the flow of investment, technology and personnel from Iran to India and vice versa, and will prevent double taxation.
The Agreement will also provide for the exchange of information between the two contracting parties as per the latest international standards. It will improve transparency in tax matters and will help curb tax evasion and tax avoidance.
