India and Iran trying to seal Chabahar port deal by January

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India and Iran are trying to iron out irritants and conclude contract by January for the expansion project of the strategically located Chabahar Port after over six months Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari had concluded MoU on the project - proposed gateway to landlocked Afghanistan.

Official of both sides are negotiating terms of the contract with a hope to conclude the document by next month for an Indian investment of $ 85 million to construct two berths at the Chabahar port. The MoU for much delayed Indian investment to expand Chabahar port was signed last May when Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari visited Tehran weeks before Iran's landmark nuclear deal with the Western powers.


An Indian team was in Tehran this week to discuss contract of the project. Iran affairs experts point out that negotiations with Iran are less easier said than done. It is understood that the Chabahar contract is being negotiated clause by clause. Earlier differences developed after Iranian port authorities told India that the port building contract had been awarded to an Iranian company Aria Badaner even after the MoU was signed with Delhi. Senior Iranian Ministers have sought to downplay the i ..


Tehran has offered a proposal to Delhi to help build over 500-km-rail link from the Chabahar in Southeast Iran to connect with Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province. Zahedan is connected with the main Iranian railway network and the proposed rail link when concluded will join Chabahar with International North South Transport Corridor and provide access to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and beyond.

Read more at:
India and Iran trying to seal Chabahar port deal by January - The Economic Times

 

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India and Iran are trying to iron out irritants and conclude contract by January for the expansion project of the strategically located Chabahar Port after over six months Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari had concluded MoU on the project - proposed gateway to landlocked Afghanistan.

Official of both sides are negotiating terms of the contract with a hope to conclude the document by next month for an Indian investment of $ 85 million to construct two berths at the Chabahar port. The MoU for much delayed Indian investment to expand Chabahar port was signed last May when Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari visited Tehran weeks before Iran's landmark nuclear deal with the Western powers.


An Indian team was in Tehran this week to discuss contract of the project. Iran affairs experts point out that negotiations with Iran are less easier said than done. It is understood that the Chabahar contract is being negotiated clause by clause. Earlier differences developed after Iranian port authorities told India that the port building contract had been awarded to an Iranian company Aria Badaner even after the MoU was signed with Delhi. Senior Iranian Ministers have sought to downplay the i ..


Tehran has offered a proposal to Delhi to help build over 500-km-rail link from the Chabahar in Southeast Iran to connect with Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province. Zahedan is connected with the main Iranian railway network and the proposed rail link when concluded will join Chabahar with International North South Transport Corridor and provide access to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and beyond.

Read more at:
India and Iran trying to seal Chabahar port deal by January - The Economic Times

access to Energy resources in Central Asia and protecting our investments in Afghanistan (after all we gave 2 bn$ have lot of stake in social infrastructure and economy as well). So the port provides for bypassing Pakistan. In addition to port, we are building a linkage to Zarang-Delaram road in Afghanistan.

However, there is a talk that India has stakes as well as strings to pull in Baluchistan (through which China's CPEC connects Gwadar port). It its the case, I can't imagine why India can't call the shots then