New Delhi: India and Iran discussed the Chabahar port being developed by India in Iran and the situation in Afghanistan. These discussions between Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and the Iranian deputy minister for political affairs Ali Bagheri-Kani, become significant. Iran has made a route reducing the distance between India and Russia for freight transport. International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) reduces the geographical obstacles in the trade between India and Russia and will also facilitate India to trade with other countries. This has increased the importance of Indian relations with Iran.
Moreover, India is developing the Chabahar port in Iran. Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Iranian deputy minister for political affairs Ali Bagheri-Kani reviewed the progress of the development project. Both also discussed the current situation in Afghanistan. It was also decided during the discussions that aid for Afghanistan would be transported through Iran. A few weeks ago, India sent thousands of tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan. But it is accused that Pakistan stole a significant quantity of this wheat sent to the Afghan people through Pakistan. Therefore, India seems to be preparing to send the aid henceforth through Iran.
Furthermore, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Iranian deputy Minister Ali Bagheri-Kani agreed on making cooperation more comprehensive even on other fronts. Only last month, the Iranian Foreign Minister visited India. At that time, both the countries announced the decision to strengthen the cooperation in the fuel and infrastructure sectors. After that, Iran made preparations to open the trade route between India and Russia with the announcement of INSTC. Western media have accused Iran is trying to increase its geopolitical importance by assisting the India-Russia trade. As per the western media, Iran will be hugely benefited from this.
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