How Sanctions and Politics Are Blocking Uzbekistan’s Path to the Sea

How Sanctions and Politics Are Blocking Uzbekistan’s Path to the Sea

In its quest to gain access to the sea to facilitate exports, Uzbekistan is eyeing the Iranian port at Chabahar, situated in the Gulf of Oman. But even in the exploratory phase, Tashkent is encountering significant obstacles.   Facilitating Uzbek access to Chabahar was high on the agenda of the first-ever trilateral consultations on the foreign ministerial-level involving India, Iran and Uzbekistan, held in the Iranian capital Tehran earlier in …