Lured by a rising India, Central Asia rediscovers Iran’s Chabahar port
In the foreseeable future the usefulness of Iran’s Chabahar port and the INSTC for the landlocked Central Asian countries will triumph over those of other connectivity routes.
In the foreseeable future the usefulness of Iran’s Chabahar port and the INSTC for the landlocked Central Asian countries will triumph over those of other connectivity routes.
For India, aspiring to become a $5 trillion economy and one of the top three global economies by 2031, with international trade contributing close to 40% of its GDP, equitable international cooperation holds the key.
Though the overall history of Indo-Iranian relationship is not dull and unsavoury yet there have been intermittent periods of closeness as well as of distancing from each other temporarily.
A variety of factors lend Chabahar greater credence than Gwadar
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