Indian, Afghan envoys visit Chabahar port

Director General for Sistan and Balouchestan Ports and Navigation Behrouz Aqaei said that the wheat consignment is to be transited via Iran.

The convoy comprising 645 20-foot containers are to be transited to Afghanistan after unloading the goods in Chabahar port, Aqaei said.

The Indian cargo is expected to berth at Chabahar port on Wednesday, he said.

Chabahar port is the best, safest and most affordable route for transit of goods between India and Afghanistan; he said, adding, 'The route also facilitates shipment of goods to member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Transit of 110,000 tons of wheat from Chabahar port will be a turning-point for transit of goods from Chabahar port which will result in the expansion of cooperation and increasing volume of trade exchange between those countries, he said.

The new route will make India independent from transit routes in Pakistan.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his twitter on Sunday congratulated Iran and Afghanistan for shipment and re-export of Indian wheat to Afghanistan via Iran.

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