Transitioning Iran’s role from a major oil supplier to an anchor of
India’s energy security
Chabahar port project — a move
that would reinforce New Delhi’s strategic ties with Tehran and Kabul ahead of
next year’s withdrawal from Afghanistan by the United States.
The Chabahar port project is one such area which reflects india’s
commitment to the stability and peace in Afghanistan.
Analysts
points out that India’s participation “in the upgradation”
of Chabahar port has deep geopolitical resonance.
The full development of the Chabahar port would lower landlocked
Afghanistan’s dependence on Pakistani ports for assured access to the sea.
The trilateral arrangement could balance joint forays by China and
Pakistan in the Indian Ocean.
It is to note here that In
February, Pakistan decided that China would operate its Gwadar port, just 76 km
from Chabahar.
Gwadar would provide Chinese
ships sustained anchorage in an area on the edge of the Arabian Sea, not far
from the Strait of Hormuz, through which the bulk of the world’s energy
supplies pass.
Observers say the development of
Gwadar may have imparted some urgency to India’s decision to go ahead with the
Chabahar project.
Chabahar’s commercial advantages
reinforce the importance of its strategic location. Iran was looking for Indian
investments in the Chabahar Free Trade and Industrial Zone — an area of around
140 sq km that is carved into nine functional zones
Indian and Iranian officials
brainstormed the possibility of establishing a 12-lakh-tonne urea plant in Chabahar, taking advantage
of the availability of Iran’s exceptionally cheap natural gas.
India
is considering investments in several other projects to boost
India-Iran-Afghanistan ties.-
- sources said India was exploring investments in the Chabahar container terminal project and in the proposed Chabahar-Faraj-Bam railway
- Once this railroad is complete, containers can be speedily sent to Bam, on the Afghan border. Then onward journey can commence along the 200-km India-built Zaranj-Delaram road that hooks up with Afghanistan’s garland highway, linking all major cities.
- the off-shore Farzad B project where Indian companies could acquire oil under a lucrative production sharing agreement
- merits of expanding India’s role in Iran’s food security basket.
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