Why in news?

• For the first time, India, Iran and Uzbekistan held a trilateral dialogue on joint use of the strategically located Chabahar port which is being increasingly seen as a fulcrum of connectivity to Central Asia.

About Chabahar Port

• Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman.
• It serves as Iran’s only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths.
• It is only about 170 kilometres west of the Pakistani port of Gwadar.