MNA � India�s eighth consignment of donated wheat to Afghanistan has arrived at Chabahar�s habaharPort, according to the director-general of Sistan and Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department.

�The eighth vessel carrying 351 TEUs loaded with 8,097 tons of wheat has arrived in the strategic Iranian port,� Behrouz Aghaei told Mehr News Agency on Saturday.

He added that the cargo will soon be delivered to Afghanistan via land borders.

The official said the consignment is part of a total gift of 75,000 tons from India to Afghanistan.

Aghaei noted that the Iranian port has handled over 53,000 tons of India�s wheat bound for Afghanistan since the beginning of the current fiscal (March 20).

In 2016, Iran, India, and Afghanistan decided to jointly establish a trade route for land-locked Central Asian countries.

India sent its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan through Iran�s Chabahar Port back in 2017.

Later on, in February 2019, the Afghanistan-Iran-India trade corridor for the trade between the two countries through Chabahar Port was officially inaugurated.