New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- On 31 July, India's parliament received a revealing update on Chabahar. New Delhi had fulfilled its $120 million commitment for port equipment, with the final tranche transferred in August 2025. Yet the conditional US sanctions waiver that protected the project expired on 26 April 2026, and the Indian government would say only that it remained in contact with the relevant parties.

India has paid for a long-term presence, but the legal environment around that presence can still change abruptly. That tension should shape any Turkish engagement with the port.

Chabahar will not reconcile Turkiye and India over Pakistan, differences over Kashmir, or their competing regional partnerships. Nor will it suddenly turn the tw...