April 24: Mehr News Agency report by Vahid Pourtajrishi and Elaheh Shinvani states that Gwadar port is located in the province of Baluchistan in Pakistan and on the coast of Arabian Sea. The port’s plan was first established in 1954 when it was owned by the Oman’s kingdom. The distance between Gwadar and Karachi, the main commercial city of Pakistan, is 533 km and the distance to Iran’s border is 120 km. After 200 years of Oman’s Kingdom governance over Gwadar Port, by US mediation in the negotiations between Pakistan and Oman, finally this port was sold to Islamabad on 8th Dec. 1958 at the price of 3 million dollars. Based on Chabahar’s project development plan, this port has been linked to the transit routes of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan Republic via rail and in fact Chabahar links to the North-South Corridor at Bafgh intersection.
- According to China’s strong support of the construction and development of Gwadar port, the future of Chabahar is completely dependent on its construction speed.
Mehr News Agency: Pakistani Gwadar Port, a double-edged sword for Iran
Mehr News Agency: Pakistani Gwadar Port, a double-edged sword for Iran
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