Delhi must move quickly on Chabahar

The idea of developing the Chabahar port in southeastern Iran as a regional commercial hub is a decade old. It was first discussed when former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami came to New Delhi in January 2003. While it is a mark of the political dithering in Delhi and Tehran that serious talks on the project could begin only about 10 years later, the recent Chinese offer of a 60 million euro credit line to Iran (as reported in this paper) — close to the prospective Indian investment in Chabahar, and presumably a precursor to a Chinese bid — may have brought India's effort close to its day of reckoning.

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