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India for inclusion of Chabahar port in INSTC route

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  • Published
    5th Mar, 2021

India has proposed inclusion of Chabahar port in the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) route

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India has proposed inclusion of Chabahar port in the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) route

What is INSTC?

  • The International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200-km-long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight between India, Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe. 
  • The route primarily involves moving freight from India, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia via ship, rail and road. 
  • The objective of the corridor is to increase trade connectivity between major cities such as Mumbai, Moscow, Tehran, Baku, Bandar Abbas, Astrakhan, Bandar Anzali, etc.
  • This will also synchronize with the Ashgabat agreement.

Chabahar Port

  • Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. 
  • It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths

Ashgabat Agreement

  • Ashgabat Agreement envisages facilitation of transit and transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. 
  • It is a multimodal transport agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, and Oman. 

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