Iran Press/ Asia: Delivering a speech as a participant in the international event, the director-general of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's West Asia Department said the focus of the regional and international powers on the marine routs and their security could lead to new developments in the oceanic region.
Rasoul Mousavi said that the developments cause new geopolitics to be formed in the strategic straits of the Indian Ocean, among them the Chabahar port in southern Iran would play the role of a gate to Eurasia and West Asia, which directly and independently would provide access to the ocean.
He considered the port important economically and said that in addition to preparing the grounds for port operations, investment, and development, Chabahar can bring development campaigns in the region and facilitate access to Afghanistan, Central Asia, the Caucasus region, Russia, and the Black Sea through the so-called International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), in terms of time and distance.
Chabahar Port is a seaport located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman, and serves as Iran's only oceanic port. It consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths. Chabahar port is only about 170 km west of the Pakistani port of Gwadar.
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