Indian companies have chosen Pakistani ports over Iran’s Chabahar Port for transporting goods to Afghanistan, despite age-old political conflicts between New Delhi and Islamabad, says the head of the board of directors with the Shipping Association of Iran.
“This shows that the problems Indian companies face in Chabahar are so much that they have been made to put aside the trilateral agreement among Iran, India and Afghanistan as well as their conflicts with Pakistan, to transit their goods to Afghanistan,” Rouzbeh Mokhtari was also quoted as saying by the news portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.
He says Iran has failed to take advantage of its full potential while it boasts a strategic location in the region at the crossroads of major international transportation corridors.
Source : Financial Tribune
