Islamabad: Pakistan has welcomed Iran’s denunciation of Delhi riots while India rejected it.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday condemned the “organised violence” in India calling it a “senseless thuggery”, Dawan reported.

He asked the Indian government to ensure “wellbeing of all Indians” and “rule of law”, while addressing the situation through “peaceful dialogue”, Dawn reported.

Foreign Minister Zarif’s Twitter comment was about a series of riots and violent incidents that took place in Delhi on the night of Feb 23 in which dozens of people were killed.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed Iran’s statement.

“Fully share the concerns expressed by my brother @JZarif on safety and well-being of Indian Muslims facing naked violence from RSS mobs. India is in throes of grave communal violence. Their sinister & systematic killing of Muslims is inhuman & dangerous for whole region,” Qureshi tweeted.

Zarif’s tweet, however, irked India, according to official sources Iranian envoy to New Delhi, Ali Chegeni was summoned and told that Zarif had commented on the matters "purely internal" to India. India's Ministry of External Affairs, last week had urged foreign leaders and institutions to refrain from making irresponsible statements.