Apa t
f om
logistical
difficulty
a d
cost,
fo
a y
optio
to
exte d
the
ail
li k
to
I dia,
New
Delhi
would
have
to
deal
with
the
fact
that
it
would
pass
th ough
Pakista
NEW
DELHI:
Russia
deputy
PM
Ma at
Khus ulli
has
suggested
explo i g
a
di ect
ail
li k
f om
Moscow
to
the
‘I dia
Ocea ’
to
ave t
isks
associated
with
the
Bospho us
a d
the
St ait
of
Ho muz,
amid
o goi g
co flicts,
i cludi g
i
West
Asia,
that
have
stalled
the
ambitious
I dia-Middle
East-Eu ope
Eco omic
Co ido .
Bospho us
is
a
a ow,
atu al
st ait
i
Tu key
that
co ects
Black
Sea
to
the
Sea
of
Ma ma a.“A
ail
li k
to
the
I dia
Ocea
should
also
be
explo ed.
Risks
elated
to
the
Bospho us
a d
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
might
equi e
alte ative
outes:
th ough
Tu kme ista ,
I a ,
Afgha ista ,
a d
Pakista .
A y
optio s
p ovidi g
access
to
I dia
a e
acceptable,”
he
told
Russia
ews
age cy
TASS.
Joi
co ve satio
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→
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you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
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espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Expe ts
said
co st ucti g
a
ail
li k
spa i g
two
co ti e ts
a d
fou
cou t ies
would
be
a
giga tic
challe ge.
Apa t
f om
logistical
difficulty
a d
cost,
fo
a y
optio
to
exte d
the
ail
li k
to
I dia,
New
Delhi
would
have
to
deal
with
the
fact
that
it
would
pass
th ough
Pakista ,
a d
a
lot
would
depe d
o
obtai i g
a
i o -clad
gua a tee
fo
secu i g
coope atio
a d
commitme t
of
the
hostile
eighbou
to
p otect
the
ailway
a d
ca go.The
stateme t
does
ot
p ovide
a
detailed
co st uctio
pla ,
cost
estimate
o
timeli e.
Howeve ,
if
such
a
co ido
is
eve tually
developed,
it
could
c eate
a
di ect
ove la d
ail
f eight
oute
li ki g
Russia
with
I dia
while
offe i g
a
alte ative
to
t aditio al
ma itime
shippi g
outes.Amo g
ailway
co ido s
li ki g
multiple
atio s,
Yiwu-Mad id
is
the
lo gest
f eight
t ai
li e
i
the
wo ld
—
spa i g
a
little
ove
13,000
km,
it
co ects
Chi a’s
Yiwu
to
Spai ’s
Mad id,
t ave si g
eight
cou t ies.
