Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to meet Iranian Defence Minister.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh reached Iran on Saturday to speak about bilateral ties among the two countries India and China after ending the three-day Russia he visited which he advised the Persian Gulf country to clear up their variations.

On Saturday evening Singh arrived Tehra from Moscow where he attended an assembly of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He meets his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Amir Hatami at some point of a visit to Tehran.

Iran’s defence minister’s tweet:

“Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh reached Tehran this night. He might be joining the Iranian Defence Minister at some point in his visit,” the defence ministry stated in a tweet.

The defence minister’s visit to Tehran comes a day after he expressed challenge over the scenario withinside the Persian Gulf and referred to as upon country withinside the region to clear up variations via speak primarily based totally on mutual appreciation and sovereignty.

Singh’s remarks got here in the backdrop of a sequence of incidents in the Persian Gulf concerning Iran, America, and the UAE in recent weeks that have flared up anxiety inside the region side.

Iranian Navy had an ultimate month in short seized manipulate of a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in what the USA stated have been international waters close to the Strait of Hormuz, which hyperlinks the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf to the south and the Arabian Sea beyond.

Iran has threatened to disrupt oil shipments via the Strait of Hormuz if the US attempts to strangle its economy. Iran has an observer reputation in the SCO, which turned into based at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 with the aid of using the presidents ofChina, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

India and Pakistan admitted as observers of the grouping in 2005 and 2017, each of the nations been accepted as complete individuals of the block.