Kashani: Gwadar Port

kashani: What do you think about role of the Gwadar port with regard to regional connectivity, globalization, and a shared destiny Kashani The Gwadar Port is an integral part of CPEC and Belt and Road Initiative BRI . Located close to the international oil trade and sea shipping lanes at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, just outside of the Strait of Hormuz, it enjoys a unique geostrategic and geoeconomic importance for all BRI countries, according to Global Times China. It provides an outlet for land-locked Central Asian countries, western China and Afghanistan through transit trade and by providing trans-shipment facilities. Pakistani journalist Yasir Habib Khan, on behalf of the Global Times GT interviewed Naseer Khan Kashani Kashani chairman of Gwadar Port Authority GPA under the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, on how the port is going to influence development in the region. The Gwadar port, the starting point for CPEC, is the cheapest route from China to Central Asian nations. Gwadar ensures a shorter, inexpensive route for shipping oil and gas from the Middle East and minerals from Africa. At present, Chinese exports and imports are bound to travel roughly 10,000 km from the Persian Gulf to China's eastern region. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.