International North-South Transport Corridor

Context

India’s Foreign Minister addresses the Chabahar Day event organized at the Maritime India Summit.
During the address, the minister put forward the proposal with respect to INSTC (International North-South Transport Corridor):
- Inclusion of Chabahar Port in the International North-South Transport Corridor(INSTC).
- Expansion of the INSTC membership by including Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

About the International North-South Transport Corridor(INSTC):

INSTC was first proposed in 2000 to improve connectivity between Russia, Central Asian states, and India.
Route: It is a 7,200-km-long multi-modal connectivity project to establish transport networks (ship, rail, and road route).
It will be used for moving freight between India, Russia, Iran, Europe, and Central Asia.
Members: It includes 13 countries namely India, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Oman, Syria, and Ukraine.
Dry runs of two routes were conducted to address key bottlenecks. The two routes were:
- The first was Mumbai to Baku via Bandar Abbas and
- The second was Mumbai to Astrakhan via Bandar Abbas, Tehran, and Bandar Anzali.

Ashgabat Agreement:

Ashgabat agreement is a multimodal transport agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, and Oman.
Aim: It aims to create an international transport and transit corridor facilitating the transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Source: TH

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