With the US ending sanctions exemption to India for importing Iran oil after May 1, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is reaching India late on Monday night and will meet external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday.
Zarif is making the trip three weeks after US President Donald Trump decided to squeeze Iran, announcing that it will no longer grant sanctions exemption to Iran’s oil customers. The end of the waiver meant India cannot import oil from Iran, or else its state-owned or private entities will face US sanctions.
According to the ministry of external affairs, Zarif is scheduled to meet Swaraj on Tuesday morning. The two sides are likely to discuss the impact of the US decision and how to deal with it.
