BABA AGHORI
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That's not how it works bhai... Chabahar trade will be confined to Iran and Central Asia - meanwhile Gwadar will be in the center of Chinese-International trade and thus will be exposed to a much larger, vibrant, active and growing market. We'll most likely see active trade and cooperation between Chabahar and Gwadar as the Central Asian countries would love to be a part of this trade route.
Exactly,but for now Gwadar will only be a Chinese alternate route in case Strait of Malacca is blocked in future, as china is continuously heating up SCS.
With Chabahar, Pakistan looses the leverage it has on Afghanistan trade. China doesn't need Afghanistan or Pakistan to reach central Asia, but Pakistan needs it. Also all the other countries that would like to trade with central Asia.
And if Afghanistan doesn't corporate once chabahar is done. Which is more likely as per how Afghanistan is behaving these days,It would be difficult to make CPEC profitable for Pakistan.
Lets come to Chabahar now, though it doesn't enjoy the see depth as Gawadar enjoys,but it can be fixed ,and it is much easier for Central Asia and Russia to access it as it has less logistic and geopolitical, and security challenges.
Chabahar trade will not be confined to Central Asia, It further connects to Russia and Europe too
In short, why would some one like to take a longer route which might have safety issues, has to pass through high passes and also the number of countries also increase therefore Increase bureaucracy fusss...
CPEC is a very good indicative if it is successful. and i really wish it happens for Pakistan. That will lead in stabilizing the region.