INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United States understands the importance of Chabahar Port for continued humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan and to provide the country
economic alternatives, India&s foreign ministry said on Friday. India recently signed a 10-year agreement to develop and operate Iran&s
strategic Chabahar Port as New Delhi aims to boost trade ties with landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, bypassing ports in
its western neighbour and arch foe Pakistan.But the deal has prompted a thinly veiled threat of sanctions from the United States, with whom
India has developed close economic and military ties in recent decades.India&s foreign ministry spokesman, Randhir Jaiswal, noted that since
2018, India has supplied 85,000 metric tons of wheat, 200 metric tons of pulses and 40,000 litres of pesticide Malathion to Afghanistan
through Chabahar Port.&The United States also has an understanding…understands the importance of Chabahar Port for continued humanitarian
supplies to Afghanistan and to provide Afghanistan economic alternatives,& he said in a press conference.&Our External Affairs Minister also
spoke on this matter in several forums recently, where he said that we should not take a narrow view of this particular project, it has an
important role to play as far as the region is concerned, connectivity is concerned, particularly for the landlocked countries in the area,&
he added.He also said that Russia‘s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, met with an Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, J.P
Singh, who looks after Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, in the Ministry of External Affairs, essentially exchange of views on the ground and the
situation and how the two countries look at the situation.He said that they emphasized on the need to provide development assistance and
humanitarian support to the people of Afghanistan.The post US understands importance of Chabahar Port for Afghanistan: India first appeared
