Ashgabat agreement:


  • The Union Cabinet has given its endorsement for India to acquiesce to the Ashgabat Agreement, a global transport, and travel corridor.
  • The Ashgabat understanding is a Multimodal transport assertion between Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan for making a global transport and travel hallway encouraging transportation of merchandise between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.
  • The Ashgabat, Agreement has Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as establishing individuals. Kazakhstan has likewise joined this course of action thusly.
  • Increase to the Agreement would empower India to use this current transport and travel hallway to encourage exchange and business cooperation with the Eurasian district.
  • In October 2016, Pakistan had formally joined the Ashgabat Agreement notwithstanding the Lapis Lazuli corridor, in a joint question and answer session with the Turkmenistan and Afghanistan President.
  • Pakistan asserted that “Local network and financial reconciliation are key mainstays of Pakistan’s remote approach”


Question/Answer

Q1. Which year transit agreement established?
Ans- 2011.

Q2. It is an agreement between many countries on establishing-
Ans- Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan.

Q3. Which year had Qatar withdrawn from the agreement?
Ans- 2013.

Q4. The agreement facilitates transportation of goods between_____.
Ans- Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Q5. What is the full form of INSTC?
Ans- International North-South Transport Corridor. 

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