India for inclusion of Chabahar port in INSTC route

Context

India has proposed inclusion of Chabahar port in the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) route

What is INSTC?

• The International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200-km-long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight between India, Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe. 
• The route primarily involves moving freight from India, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia via ship, rail and road. 
• The objective of the corridor is to increase trade connectivity between major cities such as Mumbai, Moscow, Tehran, Baku, Bandar Abbas, Astrakhan, Bandar Anzali, etc.
• This will also synchronize with the Ashgabat agreement.
  

Chabahar Port

• Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. 
• It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths
  

Ashgabat Agreement

• Ashgabat Agreement envisages facilitation of transit and transportation of goods between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. 
• It is a multimodal transport agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, and Oman.