Cabinet nod for India-Jordan maritime shipping pact
New Delhi: The Indian cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given the green light to a proposal to sign a shipping agreement between India and Jordan to boost cooperation in the task of enhancing and stimulating steady growth of maritime traffic.
The signing of the agreement would help both countries encourage and facilitate development of their maritime relationship and cooperation in the task of enhancing and stimulating steady growth of maritime traffic, an official release said.
The pact would also help in exchange and training of staff and students from various maritime establishments, and the exchange of information necessary for accelerating and facilitating the flow of commercial goods at sea and at ports.
In addition, the agreement will help setting up of joint ventures in maritime transportation, shipbuilding and shiprepair, maritime training, information technology, including development of simulators, port facilities and related activities, the communiqué added.
We all know that “Shipping to Jordan” is actually Shipping to Iraq. Most of the importers use Jordan to avoid paying taxes for entry to Iraq.
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