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India to study air corridors with Central Asian countries
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- India would like to explore setting up “air corridors” between India and five Central Asian nations, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday.
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- Air corridors: The air corridors would include regular cargo flights with special clearing and customs facilities to expedite the movement of goods, especially fresh fruit and other agricultural produce.
- Concerns on Chabahar
(1) Businessmen and diplomats present however remained sceptical of the viability of Chabahar without considerable progress on infrastructure.
(2) At present, most of the trade between Central Asia goes via Bandar Abbas in Iran, northern Europe or China.
(3) In recent years, the government has been seeking to develop more direct routes from Chabahar, a trilateral arrangement with Iran and Afghanistan, the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and becoming a part the Ashgabat Agreement.
- What is Ashgabat Agreement?
(1) It is an agreement on the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan signed on 25 April 2011 (Ashgabat Agreement).
(2) Ashgabat Agreement envisages facilitation of transit and transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.
Source
The Hindu