02.04.22
According to the news of the Turkmenistan electronic newspaper, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov offered to organize direct cooperation negotiations between the ports of Chabahar and Turkmenbashi during his meeting with the President of the Republic of India, Ram Nath Kovind, who is paying an official visit to Ashgabat today.
According to him, the transport sector is a promising area of cooperation between Turkmenistan and India, which has a great future. “Turkmenistan, as a country that provides, in fact, the only shortest route to the Persian Gulf, to the ports of Iran and from there to India, gives priority to this direction,” Serdar Berdimuhamedov said.
Chabahar, the second largest port in Iran, is considered one of the key elements of the North-South transport corridor and is considered by India, Iran and Afghanistan as a gateway for trade with the countries of Central Asia. In 2018, part of the Chabahar port was transferred to the operational management of India.
