{"id":304605,"date":"2018-10-24T04:34:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T04:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304605"},"modified":"2018-10-24T04:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T04:34:38","slug":"india-iran-afghanistan-hold-first-trilateral-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-iran-afghanistan-hold-first-trilateral-in-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"India, Iran, Afghanistan hold first trilateral in Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-304606 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tehran-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/tehran-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/tehran-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/tehran-696x321.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/tehran-912x420.jpg 912w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/tehran.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India, Afghanistan and Iran on Tuesday held their first trilateral meeting on Chabahar port project in Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Detailed discussions were held between the three sides on full operationalisation of the trilateral Agreement for international transit and transport through Chabahar port,&#8221; the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India, Iran and Afghanistan in May 2016 had signed a pact which entailed establishment of a transit and transport corridor among the three countries using Chabahar Port as one of the regional hubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAll sides shared the view that full operationalisation of trilateral Chabahar initiative will promote connectivity and economic development of Afghanistan and the region,\u201d MEA added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It said the meeting decided to constitute a follow-up committee that would hold its first meeting within two months in Chabahar port.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe committee would discuss and aim to finalise protocol to harmonise transit, roads, customs and consular matters for making the route attractive, decrease logistic costs and pave the way for smooth implementation of the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Indian delegation at the trilateral meeting was led by T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations). The Afghan and Iran delegations were led by respective deputy ministers of Transport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt was decided to hold the next meeting of the Coordination Council in the first half of 2019 in India,\u201d MEA said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India, Afghanistan and Iran on Tuesday held their first trilateral meeting on Chabahar port project in Tehran. &#8220;Detailed discussions were held between the three sides on full operationalisation of the trilateral Agreement for international transit and transport through Chabahar port,&#8221; the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. 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