that his country should show flexibility over its nuclearprogram and offer concessions, officials said. India is seeking closer ties with Iran and has firmed upplans for a 2,800-kilometer (1,750-mile) gas pipeline fromIran via Pakistan to feed the growing needs of its boomingeconomy, The Associated Press reported. In a statement late Friday, the Indian foreign ministrysaid Ahmadinejad called Singh and raised the issue ofIran's standoff over its nuclear program at theInternational Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA, the UnitedNation's nuclear watchdog agency, was to reconveneSaturday. Singh "advised him that Iran should consider taking aflexible position so as to avoid a confrontation ... (and)repeated the necessity for Iran to make concessions to thisend," the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement."India supports the resolution of all issues throughdiscussion and consensus in the IAEA." On the sidelines of the United Nations summit this month,Singh said he assured U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that India wants Iran to follow its internationaltreaty obligation not to pursue nuclear weapons.--SPA1057 Local Time 0757 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/291703