Glimpses from Iran’s Hassan Rouhani’s day in New Delhi with PM Modi, President Kovind

Iran President Hassan Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to India, arrived in New Delhi Friday night after spending two days in Hyderabad. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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On Saturday morning, Rouhani met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind and inspected guard of honour at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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This is Rouhani’s first visit to India after he was elected Iran’s President in 2013. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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Rouhani chose to begin his three-day visit from Hyderabad as the city has a long history of cultural and religious ties with Iran. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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Rouhani is scheduled to hold talks with PM Modi on trade, security and connectivity, including the strategically-important Chabahar port. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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The Iranian president visited the tombs of Qutub Shahi rulers in Hyderabad’s Golconda area. He addressed Muslim intellectuals, religious scholars and students at an interaction held at a hotel in the city. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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India and Iran have robust economic and commercial ties covering many sectors though it has traditionally been dominated by the import of Iranian crude oil by India, which continued to engage with Iran at the time of sanctions. (Express photo by Praveen Jain)

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PM Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Hyderabad house in New Delhi on Saturday. (ExpressPhoto by Tashi Tobgyal)

Rouhani is accompanied by 21 delegates. Last time, he had come to India as the national security adviser to Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami, when they visited India from January 24-28, 2003 as the chief guest at the Republic Day parade and had met then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (ExpressPhoto by Tashi Tobgyal)

Rouhani’s visit, exactly a month after Netanyahu’s, is seen as India’s act of balancing the relationship in the west Asian region. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

India and Iran signed nine agreements on Saturday enhancing bilateral ties after PM Modi and Rouhani held talks. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Key pacts were signed in the areas of security, trade and energy as the two leaders deliberated on regional developments during their meeting. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

NSA chief Ajit Doval during PM Modi's meeting with Iranian's Rouhani at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Seen here is Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at Hyderabad House on Saturday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

MEA Sushma Swaraj exchanges MOU with her Iranian counterpart during the meeting of PM Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari exchanges an MoU with his Iranian counterpart at Hyderabad House.(Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale with his Iranian counterpart exchanging an MoU at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.(Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Addressing a joint press conference post their meeting, Rouhani said that the emerging regional conflicts must be solved with diplomacy and political initiatives. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Modi appreciated Rouhani on his leadership in developing strategically-important Chabahar Port. Rouhani said, “We are determined to combat terrorism and extremism.” (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

PM Modi, giving details of the bilateral agreements signed between the two nations, said the visit by the Iranian president shows how the two sides want to deepen cooperation in key areas, including connectivity. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)