New Delhi: The first trilateral political consultations between the governments of Armenia, Iran, and India were held in Yerevan recently.

"The delegations were headed by Mnatsakan Safaryan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, the Assistant of the Foreign Minister of Iran, Head of the Regional General Department of South Asia and J P Singh, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India," the Armenian government said in a statement.

"During the meeting, the sides particularly discussed economic issues and regional communication channels, outlined the prospects of deepening cultural and people to people contacts as well as trilateral cooperation in various fields," read the statement.

The sides agreed to continue consultations in a trilateral format.