India offers assistance to Iran following earthquake

Published June 27th, 2002 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday offered Iran whatever assistance it needed following a quake that killed over 200 people.  

 

"Our sympathies are with the families of the victims and with the Iranian nation in this hour of tragedy," Vajpayee said in a letter to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.  

 

"India stands ready to offer whatever relief assistance is required in handling this crisis," he wrote, according to AFP. (Albawaba.com)