New Delhi, July 16 (UNI) India and Iran on Monday exchanged views on the much talked about Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) also known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal and agreed that the "momentum of mutually beneficial multifaceted bilateral cooperation" should continue.
The key issue came up for deliberations at the fifteenth round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Iran that was held here.
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the Indian delegation while the visiting Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Seyyed Abbas Araghchi led the Iranian side.
Mr Abbas Araghchi also called on the Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar.

"Views were (also) exchanged on regional and international issues of mutual interest, including the efforts being made by various parties to address issues that have arisen over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," an MEA statement said.
The Iran Nuke deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was inked on July 14, 2015 between Iran and five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, the United States and also Germany and the European Union.
Under the agreement, Iran agreed to eliminate its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium, cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98 per cent and reduce by about two-thirds the number of its gas centrifuges for 13 years.
In dramatic turn of events the Trump administration has recently abandoned the nuke deal while diplomats of China, EU, France, Germany, Russia and the UK have reportedly assured Iran that they would try salvage the deal.
President Trump has said that the JCPOA did not go far enough to address Iran's non-nuclear activities. His administration has also in the past flayed the accord - that was approved by President Barack Obama - calling it too soft on Iran.
The Shiite Muslim government in Tehran has had problems since overthrowing of a previously installed monarchy in 1979.
The US has asked India and China among others to reduce oil import to zero by November.
New Delhi has insisted that its final policy decision on US sanctions row with Iran will be guided strictly by national interests.
MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar said last week here that India would welcome greater engagements with the US on the sanctions row.
"One thing is very clear; that whatever is mandated in our national interests will be done," he asserted.
He also said New Delhi does share very good relationship with Tehran.
Mr Kumar had said: "Iran is an important partner for India.....We do share very good and very strong relationship with Iran. We are in touch with them on several issues including on the US sanctions".
At Monday's interactions in Delhi, Iran and India also "reviewed and positively assessed" the progress in implementation of decisions taken during the State visit of the President of Iran to India in February 2018.
Both sides are keen for enhancing connectivity and strengthening cooperation in trade and economic issues and in the promotion of people-to-people exchanges, MEA said.
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