PM Modi likely to hold bilateral talks with Iranian president

PM Modi may hold bilateral meeting with Iranian President Pezeshkian at SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, their first since the war in the Middle East.PM Narendra Modi may have a bilateral meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan Monday, official sources said. While Modi landed in Bishkek Sunday, the president was scheduled to arrive Monday morning, according to reports from Tehran.Sources said efforts were on to schedule a meeting between the leaders Monday. This would be the first in-person meeting between Modi and Pezeshkian since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran on Feb 28.The two, in fact, had last met on the margins of the Brics summit in Russia's Kazan in 2024. However, both have spoken with each other on several occasions, inc