New Delhi: In a relief for India, the Donald Trump administration has granted a six-month exemption from US sanctions on the Chabahar port in Iran.

“For Chabahar port in Iran, we have been granted exemption for a six-month period on the US sanctions,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT

The temporary exemption to India comes a month after sanctions on the Chabahar Port project came into effect on September 29.

The sanctions on Chabahar Port were part of President Trump’s measures to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, and followed reimposition of wider United Nations sanctions on the Islamic nation.

Unfortunately, the move affected India.

The US latest decision will allow India to continue its engagement i

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