New Delhi: Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today said India and Iran have resolved all issues related to Chabahar port and will expedite the development works.

The minister said India has already sent its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar port. "We have resolved all issues related to Chabahar Port... There were some small problems. We have discussed the issues and there has been a positive approach. Already, we have started export of wheat," Mr Gadkari said after his meeting with Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi in New Delhi.

On the hurdles with respect to the Chabahar Port development, the transport and water resources minister said, "The issues were small regarding port, its operations, regarding how we calculate the profit."

An official privy to the meeting told PTI that all hurdles related to interim operationalisation of the pact have been cleared during the meeting.

India last year shipped its first cargo of wheat to Afghanistan through the Iranian port. India has plans to export 130,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar Port.

Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Baluchistan province in the energy-rich Persian Gulf nation's southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India's western coast, bypassing Pakistan.

As per the MoU signed between the two nations in May last year, India is to equip and operate two berths in Chabahar Port Phase-I with capital investment of USD 85.21 million and annual revenue expenditure of USD 22.95 million on a 10-year lease.

Ownership of the equipment will be transferred to the Iranian side on completion of 10 years or for an extended period, based on mutual agreement. The Iranian side had requested for provision of a credit of USD 150 million in accordance with the MoU.