The visible warmth between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pezeshkian on all three days of the summit, as well as the Iranian President's meetings with various Indian religious leaders, signalled New Delhi's balanced approach to the region and the significance of Iran in India's regional calculus. Modi has been invited by Pezeshkian to visit Tehran. Following his meeting with the Iranian President, the PM wrote on X: "We talked about the India-Iran friendship. We believe that we should move forward with a long-term and win-win strategy."