India launches trade course to Afghanistan thru Iran

TEHRAN- India launched a exchange course to Afghanistan via Iran through delivery its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan on Sunday, bypassing longtime rival Pakistan.

The cargo become despatched from the western seaport of Kandla. it is going to be taken with the aid of vehicles to Afghanistan from Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port, AP stated.

the new change course follows an air freight corridor added between India and Afghanistan in June remaining year to provide extra get admission to for Afghan goods to the Indian marketplace.

Indian external Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that the cargo marked the convergence among India, Afghanistan and Iran to spur an unhindered float of trade and trade in the course of the area.

“I trust that this is the starting point of our journey to realise the full spectrum of connectivity – from tradition to trade, from traditions to generation, from investments to IT, from services to method and from people to politics,” Swaraj said.

India, Afghanistan and Iran remaining year determined to mutually set up a exchange path for land-locked crucial Asian nations. India dedicated up to $500 million for the improvement of Iran’s Chabahar Port along side related roads and rail strains.