A meeting of the India-Uzbekistan-Iran-Afghanistan
quadrilateral working group on the joint use of Chabahar port is expected to be
held later this year as part of New Delhi’s efforts to ramp up regional
connectivity initiatives.
India formed a special company in 2018 to operate one of the
terminals of Iran’s Chabahar port to improve connectivity to both Afghanistan
and the Central Asian states.
“India has proposed to include the port in the framework of
the International North-South Transport Corridor and has welcomed the formation
of the India-Uzbekistan-Iran-Afghanistan quadrilateral working group on the
joint use of Chabahar port. The meeting is likely to take place in the later
half of this year,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told the
press.