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Afghanistan received about 120,000 tons of goods via the Chabahar Port in Iran over the last fourteen months. Chabahar Port in Iran has been partially funded by India to enhance trade with landlocked Afghanistan bypassing arch-foe Pakistan.
Iran will be able to use the rupee funds for a range of expenses – including imports from India, the cost of its missions in the country, direct investment in Indian projects, and its financing of Iranian students in India, according to another government document reviewed by Reuters. It can also invest the funds in Indian government debt securities.
While countries were hectored by US on various fronts, India largely escaped through careful engagement.
Many of the Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslims have never visited mosques in Pakistan since they are not allowed to call them masjid but ibadatgah and in several instances they were subjected to persecution and discrimination and were even implicated in police cases on false charges of violating Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws.
The “ground station” of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Bhutan is likely to double up as “a strategic asset” for New Delhi, given its location between India and China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs. 4,500 crore financial assistance to Bhutan for its 12th five-year plan after holding wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering.
His stint since mid 2014, therefore, saw a rejuvenated PMO – pulling the foreign policy engine room – with a series of new and innovative measures.
The Chabahar Agreement was signed in June 2015 and approved by Iran’s Guardian Council in November 2016.
Chabahar is being seen as a gateway for trade by India, Iran and Afghanistan with Central Asian countries.
The China-India Yoga College was opened at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming in 2015 after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The first meeting of the India-Japan Space dialogue is scheduled to take place in March 2019
