In August 2017, India Global Ports Limited (IGPL) had applied for permission to operate the Chabahar port in the meantime, while Iran has already completed construction of the pier and IGPL will build two new terminals, one for containers and one for multi-purpose vessels. As early as October 2017, IGPL had started building the terminals after placing the order for the construction machinery. [57] Chabahar is important for India to free itself from the encirclement of China, w. The development of the port was first proposed in 1973 by the last Shah of Iran, although the Iranian revolution of 1979 delayed its development. [2] The first phase of the port was opened in 1983, during the Iran-Iraq war, when Iran began relocating maritime trade eastward to the Pakistani border in order to reduce dependence on Persian Gulf ports vulnerable to Iraqi Air Force attacks. [3] In October 2017, india`s first shipment of wheat to Afghanistan was sent through the port of Chabahar. [13] In December 2018, India took over the operation of the port. [14] November 24, 2013 – Interim Nuclear Agreement. Iran and the P5+1 agree on limited sanctions relief for Iran and a commitment not to impose new sanctions. In exchange, Iran promises to freeze its nuclear program.
In February 2019, Afghanistan will launch a new export route to India through the port of Chabahar. At the inauguration of the new export route, officials said 23 trucks of 57 tons of dried fruit, textiles, carpets and mineral products were sent from the southwestern Afghan city of Zaranj to the Iranian port of Chabahar. The issue is shipped to Mumbai. [78] [79] The first meeting of the Monitoring Committee on the implementation of the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement between India, Afghanistan and Iran was held on December 24 in the port city of Chabahar. Iran, India and Afghanistan signed a trilateral transit agreement in 2016 allowing the transfer of Indian goods to Afghanistan via the port of Chabahar, ending India`s dependence on Pakistani ports. In January 2018, Iran and India signed a $2 billion deal for rail cooperation. Part of the deal is for a $600 million memorandum of understanding for Iran to buy locomotives and freight cars from India. [76] February 18, 2013 – Pakistan awards the operating order for the port of Gwadar to China Overseas Port Holding Company, a Chinese state-owned entity.
The trilateral transit agreement signed by India, Iran and Afghanistan allows Indian goods to pass through Iran. It connects the ports of the west coast of India to the port of Chabahar and covers road and rail links between Chabahar and the Afghan border. [47] After the US presence in Afghanistan, India, Iran and Afghanistan met in January 2003 and agreed on the joint development of transport links to Afghanistan. India has agreed to expand the port of Chabahar and move a railway line between Chabahar and Zaranj. Iran completed 70 percent of the first phase of the Chabahar project at a cost of $340 million. [40] Between 2005 and 2009, India spent $134 million on the construction of a road from Delaram in Afghanistan to Zaranj on the Iran-Afghanistan border. [41] Iran has also built a road between Milak, near Zaranj and Chabahar, which runs through Zahedan and Iranshahr. . . .