TEHRAN, April 02 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian met and held talks with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.During the meeting, the two sides agreed that attacking diplomatic places should be costly for criminals.

Doval, for his part, expressed condolences over the martyrdom of Iranian advisors in an Israeli strike on the building of Iran's consulate in Damascus on Monday.

The two sides also discussed cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi in the fields of security and economy.

The Israeli regime attacked Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday evening.

The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire people inside it.

Seven of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors were martyred following the Israeli attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus on Monday, IRGC said in a statement.

Reacting to the Israeli aggression, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani on Monday night said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, while reserving its rights to take countermeasures, decides on the type of reaction and punishment of the aggressor.

Earlier on Monday, Iran's Ambassador to Syria stressed that the country will give a decisive response to the Israeli regime.

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