India, Iran to expand ties in renewable energy

March 5th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS  

Jammu, March 5 (IANS) India and Iran Monday decided to expand cooperation in the field of renewable energy.

This follows a meeting earlier in the day between Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad in Tehran, a Jammu and Kashmir government spokesman said.

Abdullah and the Iranian president called for an “enhancement in bilateral ties and economic cooperation especially in the field of renewable energy.”

An official statement quoted Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou as saying that Tehran intended to develop renewable energies in cooperation with New Delhi.

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