Minister: India to Continue Investing in Chabahar Port despite US Sanctions

TEHRAN (Defapress)- Indian Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari underlined his country's determination to continue with its investments in the Southeastern Iranian port of Chabahar.

"India hopes to make Iran's Chabahar port operational by 2019 despite the threat of the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic," Gadkari said on Saturday.

He underlined that opening of the port will the Commonwealth of Independent States more accessible to India.

In 2016, India entered a trilateral treaty with Iran and Afghanistan to develop a new transportation corridor connecting the three countries and other Central Asian Countries bypassing Pakistan.

The establishment of direct shipping line between India's Kandla port and Chabahar has sped up loading and off-loading of goods at the Iranian port which is located at the heart of Mokran, 645 kilometers South of Zahedan, the capital of the Southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan province.

The location of Chabahar port has made it an ideal place for setting up different light and heavy industries and for transit of goods.

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