The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that a trilateral meeting between Afghanistan, Iran and India regarding the Chabahar Port will be held in the near future.The acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi met with Alireza Bikdeli, the acting ambassador of Iran in Kabul, to discuss the upcoming trilateral meeting on Chabahar Port, the launch of the Farah–Mil 78 road project, investment in the Khaf–Herat railway line, and boosting trade via the Mahiroud route, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the ministry.The two sides also discussed the imminent visit of Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade to Afghanistan and the convening of the seventh Joint Economic Cooperation Commission.“During this meeting, the two sides discussed the visit of Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade to Afghanistan, the holding of the seventh Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, the preferential trade agreement between the two countries, increasing Afghan exports, enhancing the role and activity of the joint chamber of commerce, the formation of a joint investment committee, Iranian companies’ interest in the Abu Hanifa exhibition, organizing joint exhibitions, and industrial tours for Afghan companies in Iran, as well as the trilateral meeting between Afghanistan, Iran, and India on Chabahar Port,” the statement read.In the meeting, Bikdeli also expressed the interest of Iranian companies in participating in the Abu Hanifa exhibition and in hosting exhibitions for Afghan companies in Iran.Meanwhile, Iran is currently one of Afghanistan’s key trade partners in the region, and trade relations between the two countries continue to grow stronger with each passing day.The post Afghanistan, Iran and India to hold trilateral meeting on Chabahar port first appeared on TINS News | Afghanistan News.