A day after US warned India of “potential risks of sanctions” for signing the strategic Chabahar port agreement with Iran, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said that people shouldn’t take a “narrow view of it”, adding that the pact is “actually for everyone’s benefit”.
Speaking at his book launch event in Kolkata on Wednesday, Jaishankar said, “I did see some of the remarks which were made, but I think it’s a question of communicating, convincing and getting people to understand, that this is for everyone’s benefit.
I don’t think people should take a narrow view of it.”
“They (US) have not done so in the past. So, if you look at the US’ attitude towards the port in Chabahar, the US has been appreciative of the fact that Chabahar has a larger relevance…we will work at it,” he added.