Sushma Swaraj flags off initial wheat shipment to Afghanistan

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani and Foreign Minister of a Islamic Republic of Iran H.E. Javad Zarif, by a corner video discussion on Sunday, flagged off a initial conveyance of wheat from India to Afghanistan that would be transhipped by a Chabahar pier in Iran.

Sushma Swaraj flags off initial wheat conveyance to Afghanistan by Chabahar portSushma Swaraj 

The conveyance is a partial of a joining done by a Indian Government to supply 1.1 million tonnes of wheat for a people of Afghanistan on extend basis. The 3 Foreign Ministers welcomed a fact that this is a initial conveyance that would be going to Afghanistan by a Chabahar pier after a Trilateral Agreement on Establishment of International Transport and Transit Corridor was sealed during a revisit of a Indian Prime Minister to Iran in May 2016.

Six some-more wheat shipments will be sent to Afghanistan over a subsequent few months. They also validated their joining to continue their team-work for a advantage and wealth of a people of Afghanistan and a region.The conveyance of wheat is a landmark impulse as it will pave a approach for operationalisation of a Chabahar pier as an alternate, arguable and strong connectivity for Afghanistan. It will open adult new opportunities for trade and movement from and to Afghanistan and raise trade and commerce between a 3 countries and a wider region.

Swaraj reiterated India’s continued joining to support reconstruction, ability building and socio-economic growth of Afghanistan, including underneath a horizon of a New Development Partnership that she had jointly announced with Foreign Minister Rabbani final month during a assembly of India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council.The External Affairs Minister also renewed a joining to work closely with informal and general partners to move peace, security, fortitude and wealth in Afghanistan.

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