KABUL (Pajhwok): In defiance of fresh US sanctions on Iran, India says the strategic Chabahar port in southeastern Iran will be made operational by the end of next year.
India's Minister of Shipping Nitin Gadkari said on Friday the government in New Delhi was trying to operationalise the port, in which it has made heavy investments.
Speaking to the Indian diaspora in Dushanbe, he said: "India is trying to make Chabahar Port operational by 2019. The opening up of the port would make CIS countries . . .
