New Delhi:Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Saturday said Iran is willing to mediate between Pakistan and India over the long standing issue of Kashmir,

“The bond we have with India and Pakistan is important to us, we hope for the best for both countries,” said Zarif who was on a visit to New Delhi where the Heart of Asia ministerial conference is taking place.

“If Iran can be of any help to any of them, we stand ready. We are not volunteering, but we stand ready because these two neighbours are extremely important to us and we share common ideals,” said the Iranian foreign minister.

Iran has also offered its assistance in reducing the tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, added DawnNews.

Zarif added that Iran’s hopes ‘to move forward to a better relation between its very dear friends, India and Pakistan’.