China FM attends BRICS meeting as India and Iran hold security talks

Top Indian and Iranian security officials met in New Delhi on Monday, the foreign ministry said, as security chiefs gathered for a BRICS meeting that also included China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Iranian official Ghadir Nezamipour, a senior member of Tehran's Supreme National Security Council, and discussed the "ongoing situation" in the Middle East, as well as India-Iran ties, the foreign ministry said.

Iran's embassy in New Delhi said in a post on X that Nezamipour also met Wang, with whom he discussed the "implementation of the peace agreement" and expressed Tehran's "appreciation for China's political support".