Tuesday, 11 January 2022 (YJC)_ Indian media reported on the forthcoming visit of the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran to India and the efforts of Tehran and New Delhi to send wheat to Afghanistan.
While Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is scheduled to leave for India soon, New Delhi is seeking to use Iran's option to send wheat to Afghanistan via the port of Jabahar.
According to the Tribune India website, despite New Delhi sending three planes of medicine and vaccines to Kabul, the shipment of 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan has been blocked for more than two months on the Pakistani border.
According to the report, India discussed an alternative route for sending wheat to Afghanistan during Foreign Minister's meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Subramaniam Jaishankar, during an exchange of New Year greetings on Saturday.
There has been no official confirmation of the wheat transfer through Iran's Chabahar port, but Jayhanshankar published a post about "extensive talks with his Iranian counterpart, during which he discussed the problems of Kuwait, Afghanistan's challenges, the Chabahar perspective and the Iranian nuclear issue."
Most importantly, insurance agents are reluctant to send goods to Iran because they are afraid of getting caught up in the network of sanctions announced by the United States, the website wrote. Even if the issue is resolved, officials point to a lack of infrastructure in Afghanistan's Nimroz province to supply large quantities of wheat.
Last week, the Indian Foreign Ministry announced that in the coming weeks, wheat and other medical supplies to Afghanistan would be opened through countries in the region and the United Nations.
Regarding the Chabahar port project, the Indian Foreign Minister said that the Chabahar port in Iran has emerged as a commercial transit hub for the region and is a more economical and sustainable route for landlocked countries to reach the global market.
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