Afghanistan, India And Iran To Sign Chabahar Accord

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Afghanistan, India and Iran will officially sign the Agreement on Establishment of Inteational Transport and Transit Corridor in Chabahar port Monday.

The signing ceremony will take place at the conclusion of two expert meetings between representatives from Afghanistan, India and Iran.

The first meeting was held in Tehran on 21-22 September last year and the second was held in New Delhi on 11 April this year to finalize the Chabahar agreement.

The Chabahar Port is located in southeaste Iran and covers a total area of 14,000 acres. The port is also home to Chabahar free zone, which provides access to markets in Iran.

Afghanistan has officially introduced 50 companies to the Chabahar free zone for developing their industrial firms using the available land.

Afghanistan and Iran also have separate bilateral agreements on Chabahar signed in 2004 and 2012 for the purchase of 50 hectares of land for the Afghan private sector.

Chabahar port connects Central Asia with Southeast Asia. Establishment of Chabahar Port and Chabahar free zone promotes regional trade and commerce.

It provides Afghanistan access to inteational waterways through the shortest, safest and most cost effective routes as well as an alteate transit route for Karachi and Hairatan Ports.

It also reduces the country's economic dependence on volatile routes passing through unsafe territory in Pakistan. And helps resolve trade and transit issues many Afghan businessmen have faced in the past few years.

The Chabahar port enables Afghanistan to access the Arabian Sea through Iran and raises the potential to stimulate more investment and growth from trade with regional and global economic powerhouses.

Inside the country, the 70km Zaranj-Delaram Highway would connect the Chabahar Port through Iran to the 600km Afghanistan Ring Road which connects 16 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces passing through Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul, Ghazni, and Kandahar Provinces.

Recently, Afghanistan has made major progress in areas of security, judicial and political reforms. The National Unity Govement is committed to making similar advances on the economic front in line with President Ashraf Ghani's vision to transform the country into a regional trade and transit hub.

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