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Iran swiftly & smoothly counters India’s back-stabbing move of joining America’s oil sanctions by inviting Pakistan, India’s rival, to join the strategic port in Gwadar to Iran’s Chabahar port
Iran swiftly & smoothly counters India’s back-stabbing move of joining America’s oil sanctions by inviting Pakistan, India’s rival, to join the strategic port in Gwadar to Iran’s Chabahar port
This map shows the location of Iran’s Chabahar port and Pakistan’s Gwadar.
Note: As India heels to American dictates, moving to completely stop oil purchases from the Islamic Republic on decree of illegal US sanctions. Iran moves to invite India’s enemy and geopolitical nemesis Pakistan to join in on the strategic port of Chabahar.
This move is very important as it lies on 72 kilometers from the Chinese run port of Gwadar in Pakistan. What is very important about this move is that India was supposed to develop Chabahar to counter the Chinese in their move to re-establish the global silk road, which would give it unrivaled influence and power.
Now Iran is striking back in a low-key strategic way to get the point over to India that two can play this game. And what’s more insulting is that Iran sent its Foreign Minister to Pakistan, India’s rival, to offer partnership in this strategic endeavor.
This is a major slap in the face to India. But in reality it is a response or counter slap just as India joined Iran’s rival, America, in banning Iranian oil which hits at Iran’s economy after years of friendly relations and years of receiving Iranian oil at major discount prices.
Zarif says Iran ready to connect Pakistan’s Gwadar to Chabahar
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he is putting forward a “proposal” during his ongoing trip to Islamabad for connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port to its “complementary” port Chabahar in southeastern Iran.
“We believe that Chabahar and Gwadar can complement each other,” Zarif said upon arrival in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Thursday.
“We can connect Chabahar and Gwadar, and then through that, connect Gwadar to our entire railroad system, from Iran to the North Corridor, through Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, and also through Azerbaijan, Russia, and through Turkey,” he noted.
“I’ve come here with a proposal for the government of Pakistan for connection between Chabahar and Gwadar.
Pakistan’s arch-rival India is trying to develop the port of Chabahar as a way to gain access to the markets of Central Asia as well as Afghanistan by bypassing Pakistan. The port is about 72 km from its Pakistani counterpart Gwadar, which is being developed by China.
The strategic Iranian port city created a unique opportunity for India to send its goods to landlocked Afghanistan through a safe new route. It would to the same effect enable Afghan merchants to export their commodities – mainly fruits and vegetables as well as nuts and minerals – to global markets through Chabahar.
Considering the strategic importance of the Iranian port for Kabul, the US government was forced in November to approve a sanctions exemption for Chabahar in a bid to economically stabilize Afghanistan.
India hopes to utilize Iran’s transit potentials to embolden its connectivity footprints, with Chabahar being the stepping stone to those ambitions.
Located on the confluence of the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman in southeastern Iran, Chabahar is India’s first foreign port project. Once completed, the project would enable India to send its goods Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond.
On December 3, 2017, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially launched the first phase of Shahid Beheshti International Port in Chabahar.
The project to develop Shahid Beheshti Port started in 2007 through an investment that officials previously said already amounted to $1 billion.
The annual cargo tonnage of Shahid Beheshti Port – Iran’s only oceanic port – has now almost tripled to reach as high as 8.5 million tons.
It can also accommodate 100,000-ton ships – what officials say can help promote the country’s international trade activities.
The overall development project is planned in four phases and is expected to bring the port’s total annual cargo capacity to 82 million tons.
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