The joint meeting of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) was held with the presence of Khalil Shirgholami, Research Deputy of the Institute for Political and International Studies and Vijay Thakur Singh, the Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs, and a number of senior experts from the two institutions on January 16, 2024.

In this meeting, the pathology of bilateral relations such as Chabahar, political and economic relations, think tank and study cooperation, and the latest developments in the emerging world order and the Gaza war were discussed, and opinions were exchanged.

Also, the delegation of the Indian Council of World Affairs met separately with Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami, the President of the Institute for Political and International Studies, and discussed ways to increase cooperation between the two sides.