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Armenia and India’s Vision of “North-South Corridor”: A Strategy or a “Pipe Dream”?
On March 8, the Indian Ambassador to Iran Gaddam Dharmendra announced that India is planning on connecting the Chabahar port (a seaport in southeast Iran, heavily invested in by India) and the Indian Ocean with Eurasia and Helsinki through the territory of Armenia, creating an International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), adding that New Delhi is planning to make Chabahar the most important and busiest port in the region. This announcement spread enthusiasm in the Armenian press and some
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Great eye opening article! Thanks for researching and sharing. Just imagine, we spent every resource possible in the past 25+ years to protect Artsakh, what if we had used those resources to develop Armenia’s core infrastructure, and in parallel try to develop more friendly relationship with Azerbaijan so we could co-exist!!
Develop a “friendly relationship with Azerbaijan” at the expense of Artsakh? What kind of suggestion is that?
the North-South Corridor via India-Iran and Armenia should also include Georgia as this would allow Iran (Armenia’s friendly neighbor to then transport it’s oil, particularly the newly founded 50 million barrels worth in its southwest region to Georgia’s seaports, thus improving Georgia’s economy and decreasing its expenditure of oil transport by 70% to the Black Sea to Europe) This would greatly benefit Armenia and allow for PPP funded projects including Diaspora-related corporations to fund Armenia’s mineral extraction infrastructure allowing for faster transit of ores, ore waste to processing centers to maintain/improve its ecosystems.
Armenia should involve actively in this project. And India is more reliable Nation than china, that we, India donot think to occupy or control any other nation. We believe in “sarvejana sukhino bhavanthu”(Sanskrit). May all human being live happily.
Since Afghanistan has fallen to Pakistan, and turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan conduct exercises from 12th September onwards, india, Iran and Armenia have to join together and conduct an exercise counter to Turkey.
In my opinion it is a impossible project… multiple nation,hostile conditions,no infrastructure and very narrow passage . I don’t think India will invest in such projects. Iran on board then you need USA approval plus its regional ally .
Russia approval and investment( that looks unrealistic)
Most important India is dragging its away from chabar port under USA sanctions.
It’s just a tactical bluff nothing else
Iran Anzali port is better option for central asia connectivity
You have used an incorrect map of INDIA, kindly use the correct one.