India got operational rights of Chabahar port
Context India has got control of the operations at the Chabahar port in Iran. On December 24, in Chabahar, a three-level trilateral meeting between Iran-India and Afghanistan was agreed on the implementation of the tripartite transit agreement soon. The three countries agreed to finalize the protocol by coordinating the issues such as transit, road, customs and so on. What is Chabahar Deal? The strategy to develop Iran's Chabahar port on behalf of India was created in 2003, but due to the lack of enthusiasm in Iran and later international restrictions on it, the talk did not move forward. Subsequently, in May 2015, India's Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Iran's Transport and Urban Development Minister Dr Abbas Ahmad Akhundi signed the development of the Chabahar project. After this, it was finalized during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Iran. Under this deal, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Joint Ventures of Kandla Port Trus...