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Al Jazeera
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Shola Lawal

Does India risk US sanctions over Iran’s Chabahar Port deal?

Workers watch a ship as it sails during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port, Chabahar, February 25, 2019 [Atta Kenare/AFP]

India has signed a 10-year agreement to develop and operate Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port as New Delhi aims to boost trade ties with landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, bypassing ports in its western neighbour and arch foe Pakistan.

“It [the port] serves as a vital trade artery connecting India with Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries,” India’s Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, as New Delhi attempts to strengthen ties with an important Middle Eastern nation.

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