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.