New Delhi, May 11 -- India and Iran will likely hold talks on safe navigation of Indian flagged ships carrying energy through the Strait of Hormuz, on the sidelines of the BRICS Sherpa and foreign ministers' meetings in New Delhi this week, Economic Times reported. Over the past few weeks, India has found it challenging for its ships to navigate the strait and bilateral talks on the issue have not yielded any solution so far, said people familiar with the issue.

Iran's deputy foreign minister, who will attend the BRICS Sherpa meeting, may also represent his country at the meeting of foreign ministers if Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is unable to attend the conference on May 14-15, the ET report added.

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