TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghanistan sends its first shipment to Tianjin port of China through Chabahar in Southeast of Iran, said a local official on Sunday.
Managing Director of Sistan and Balouchestan Ports and Maritime Organization Behrouz Aqayee said the shipment has been dispatched via Chabahar to Mundra port in India and will be then transited to China.
While, the world is gripped by coronavirus epidemic, it was another record for Chabahar port, Aqayee added.
Afghanistan used to transit its commodities through Karachi in Pakistan to other countries; but now thanks to suitable infrastructures and services in Chabahar port, traders prefer to transport their goods through Chabahar.
Chabahar, Iran’s only oceanic port, is a strategic region on the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman shores and in North-South Corridor.
In relevant remarks on Saturday, Aqayee said that the sixth Indian ship loaded with donated wheat for Afghanistan docked at Iranian Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar.
He said that the ship carried some 8,875 tons of wheat.
Delhi has planned to donate nearly 75,000 tons of wheat to Kabul via Iranian port city of Chabahar, Aqayee added.
Some 14 cargo ships have carried basic goods for Afghanistan via Shahid Beheshti port in Iranian Southeastern city of Chabahar over the past two years, he had earlier said.
