North East India-A Hub of Regional Cooperation
Students, this is a note on your syllabus topic of North East India, as a hub of Regional Cooperation.
Also see this enlarged map of the Border trade Station-called LCS or Land Custom Station.
Chabahar Port and its Significance
Chabahar Port and its Significance:::::: • Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chahbahar in southeastern Iran. • Its location lies in the Gulf of Oman. • It is the only Iranian port with direct access to the Indian Ocean. • Being close to Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and others, the port has also been called as the Golden Gate to these land-locked countries. • The port was partially built by India in the 1990s to provide access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan under the Ashgabat Agreement. Chabahar Port deal: A Timeline:: :::::: • India started interacting with Iran on Chabahar Port around the year 2003; however, the major push was received in the second half of 2014, leading to the signing of an MoU between Iran and India for the development of Chabahar Port in May 2015. • This MoU translated into a formal 10-year Contract for Equipping and Operating the Chabahar Port, which was executed on May 23, 2016, duri...