New Delhi:

In a major transfer, an Indian delegation met Afghanistan’s appearing Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob and provided using Chabahar Port in Iran to companies in his nation, and in addition mentioned extending humanitarian help to Kabul.

The delegation was led by J P Singh, the Joint Secretary of the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division within the Exterior Affairs Ministry.

Throughout a weekly media briefing right here, Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal stated that other than Mohammad Yaqoob, the delegation additionally met with former President Hamid Karzai and different senior ministers, together with the heads of UN companies.

“That they had discussions on India’s humanitarian help, additionally how the Chabahar Port may be utilised by the enterprise group in Afghanistan for transactions and for export and import and every other factor that they want to do,” Jaiswal stated in response to a query.

India doesn’t recognise the Taliban regime that has been ruling Afghanistan since 2021.

India has been offering humanitarian support, together with wheat, medicines and medical provides, to the Afghan folks every now and then.

“I additionally wish to recall right here that offering humanitarian help to Afghanistan is a crucial a part of our help programme and thus far in the previous few months, and some years, we’ve dispatched a number of shipments of humanitarian help. Now we have longstanding ties with the folks of Afghanistan, and these ties will proceed to information our strategy in direction of the nation,” Jaiswal stated.

Earlier this yr, India signed a 10-year contract with Iran to develop and function the Chabahar Port which was constructed with its help.

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