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The port would lead to a new chapter in India-Iran relations, says Hassan Rouhani
INDIA, 2015/05/07 Notwithstanding US objections, India on Wednesday went ahead with the signing of an agreement with Iran for the development of the strategically significant Chabahar port which will give India sea-land access route to Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan. The pact was signed next comprehensive talks between visiting road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari with the Iranian leadership in Tehran. “The MoU (Memorandum of Considerate) was signed next the talks between the two sides,” a source said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in his conference with Gadkari, said, “Resumption of Iran-India cooperation in the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar would lead to a new chapter in relations of two nations.”
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