Port project: Iran offers India bigger role
(MENAFN- Arab News) NEW DELHI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to Central Asia Iran's envoy to New Delhi said.
The port of Chabahar in southeast Iran is central to India's efforts to circumvent Pakistan and open up a route to landlocked Afghanistan where it has developed close security ties and economic interests.
Rouhani suggested the larger role for India during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a summit in Russia days before the historic nuclear deal between Iran and world powers Iran's ambassador to India told Reuters.
The port of Chabahar in southeast Iran is central to India's efforts to circumvent Pakistan and open up a route to landlocked Afghanistan where it has developed close security ties and economic interests.
Rouhani suggested the larger role for India during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a summit in Russia days before the historic nuclear deal between Iran and world powers Iran's ambassador to India told Reuters.
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