Should India Be Worried As Iran Suggests The Participation Of China & Pakistan In The Chabahar Port Project?
April 19, 2021
At a time when India has proposed the inclusion of the Chabahar Port in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to counter China’s BRI, Iran seems to suggest that it is not averse to the idea of China and Pakistan joining the port project too.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has said the Chabahar Port is neither against the Chinese nor against Pakistan’s Gwadar Port.
Speaking at an event in New Delhi last week, Zarif said India’s role is predominant to the “development and prosperity” of the region.
Daily Times
April 17, 2021
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa called on Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar at Governor’s House on Friday and briefed him about the ongoing Corridor projects and new economic initiatives.
Hailing the initiative as the bright future of Pakistan, the governor said that CPEC was a manifestation of Pak-China friendship and it would bring about economic prosperity in the country. He expressed the hope that all projects under CPEC would be completed on time.
The governor said the country had been put on the road to progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said CPEC was an important project that could change the destiny of the country and it had the support of the public as well as the government.
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He added that the port is not against the interests of China, Gwadar
He called for a united effort to establish peace in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Backing India’s role in the development of the Chabahar port, Iran s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Friday (April 16) said that the port is not against the interests of China or Gwadar as well.
Zarif said that India’s role was central to development and prosperity in the region, adding that the port is not against China or Pakistan s port Gwadar.
Gwadar is key to China s mega infrastructure project - China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - and provides connectivity to the latter’s westernmost region to the Arabian sea and west Asia. Gwadar is just 170 km away from Chabahar port.
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The writer is a retired major general and has an interest in International Relations and Political Sociology. He can be reached at [email protected] and tweets @20 Inam
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