'Stable Afghanistan, Iran critical to India's energy security'

June 29, 2013 16:42

A stable Afghanistan and Iran are critical to India's energy security as these two countries can provide greater access to the Central Asian region, which has an abundance of hydrocarbon wealth, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today.

"We are looking at re-energising the national North-South Corridor to connect India with Central Asia and Russia through Iran. We are looking at trans-Afghan routes using Iranian port of Chahabar particularly to get access to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. We are looking at a rail link from Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan into Iran," he said.

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