Re: Iran nuclear deal, pros and con for Pakistan.
It seems Iran is trying to sort out their economy and that is the reason they put their stubbornness on back seat. Pakistan do not want NATO to use Pakistani territory for transit and that means NATO would go for next available option that would be more safer for them too.
Pakistan is different from Iran. Pakistan love to beg and borrow (that Pakistan later try all means to get it written off), and then Pakistani politicians fight to loot what Pakistan got from begging and borrowing. But Iran love to earn and then use that to develop their country.
So for Iran, they would love to earn free dollars charging NATO transit fees, plus jobs that Iranian transport company would get. Workers and businesses on transit route and at seaport would benefit too, earning dollars, and that would be in addition to transit fees.
Here is report about India using Chabahar seaport for their trade to Central Asia and Afghanistan, and that means, all facilities are already there at Chabahar connecting seaport to Afghanistan by road, connecting Chabahar with Zaranj and from there to Kabul-Kandahar-Herat highway.
PressTV - Afghanistan eager for Chabahar port deal: Envoy
Afghanistan eager for Chabahar port deal: Envoy
Afghan Ambassador to New Delhi says his government is eager to sign an agreement with Iran and India for the transit of commodities to Afghanistan.
Shaida Mohammad Abdali has underlined the importance of Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Free Trade Zone in this regard.
Speaking to the Press Club of India on Sunday, Abdali said his country is keen to ink a trilateral transit agreement with Iran and India on Chabahar port that is meant to provide a route for trade with landlocked Afghanistan, India’s private news agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported.
Indian Ambassador to Kabul Amar Sinha had earlier stressed the significance of Chabahar port for the transportation of Indian goods to Afghanistan.
On July 17, Sinha said his country is not willing to use Pakistani territory for transit, stressing that Chabahar is the best option for that purpose.
Chabahar port – located 72 kilometers (44 miles) west of Pakistan’s Gwadar port – holds immense strategic and economic significanc for India.
The port is already connected to the city of Zaranj in Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Nimruz and can serve as India’s entry point to Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond.