New Delhi/IBNS, May 8 -- Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi embarked on his maiden visit to New Delhi tonight and will meet his counterpart, S Jaishankar, on Thursday.

Together, they shall co-chair the 20th Joint Commission meeting between India and Iran.

The meeting comes at a time when New Delhi and Tehran are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the India-Iran Friendship Treaty.

While the Joint Commission is supposed to meet every year, there has been a gap in its meetings because of the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic preoccupations of the two countries.

"The latest status of the implementation of bilateral economic agreements between the two countries will be reviewed and followed up in the course of the co...