India lauds Iran-US MoU, Doval warns of emerging threats

At the same time, Doval highlighted non-traditional threats such as disruptive technologies and new forms of terrorism while addressing a meeting of NSAs and senior security officials of Brics member states. The meeting hosted by India was attended by China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, who also functions as the NSA, and RussianRussianRussian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.

“India welcomes the MoU reached between the US and Iran. We have cautious optimism and we hope that it will work. It will help energy security, the opening of the Strait of Hormuz is a very welcome development. It will remove supply chain bottlenecks and many of the shortages in the field of fertilisers, chemicals will be [overcome],” Doval said at the start of the meeting.

The meeting, he noted, is being held at a “very tumultuous time”, when the world is grappling with military conflicts, complex security problems, geopolitical uncertainties, economic strains, and disruptive technologies. While threats are compounding, instruments and institutional mechanisms to deal with them are increasingly inadequate, he said.