PNN – In the Bishkek meeting, India’s Deputy National Security Adviser asked the Central Asian countries to trade with this country through Chabahar and Afghanistan.
According to the Pakistan News Network, Vikram Misri, the Deputy National Security Adviser of India, met and discussed with the representatives of Iran, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan at the Bishkek meeting held for Afghanistan.
According to media reports, India’s deputy national security advisor said in these meetings that the country is seeking to increase trade with Central Asian countries.
With a large population, India is one of the largest economies in the world and is trying to overtake China to gain access to new markets, including Central Asia. Therefore, the port of Chabahar and Afghanistan is the closest route to achieve this goal.
The countries of Central Asia transfer some of their goods to Pakistan and then to India by passing through Afghanistan, but the government of Islamabad has sometimes hindered this business process.
According to Independent, Pakistan and India have a long-standing rivalry and this rivalry affects many issues.
Pakistan considers India’s presence in Afghanistan as a threat to its political, economic, and security interests and wants to reduce India’s presence in Afghanistan by any means possible.
Vikram Misri, India’s Deputy National Security Adviser at the Bishkek meeting also said that his country currently has about 500 projects in 34 provinces of Afghanistan in the sectors of electricity, water supply, roads and roads, healthcare, education, and agriculture.