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5月13日在伊朗德黑兰，伊朗道路与城市发展部部长 Mehrdad Bazrpash 阁下的见证下，伊朗和印度签署了一项为期十年的恰巴哈港运营长期双边合同，允许印度在伊朗东南沿海阿曼湾运营恰巴哈尔岛。    The White House on Monday wouldn't say publicly whether the U.S. has asked Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to give more time for more hostages to be released and to allow more aid into Gaza.The administration is counseling caution and delay, an administration official told ABC News Sunday. CNN, The New York Times and other news outlets also reported the delay request.But at the same time, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the U.S. has been communicating with Israel from the start about strategies and goals in responding to Hamas' unprecedented terror attacks.And those conversations, he said, include asking Israel "tough questions" about what he called the potential "unintended consequences" of a larger military operation.President Joe Biden spoke with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.While Kirby declined to say if there is effort from the U.S. and other countries to urge Israel to delay a ground assault, he made clear the Biden administration supports Israel's right to go after Hamas after 1,400 Israelis were killed and thousands more injured."It's our view that the Israeli Defense Forces need to decide for themselves how they're going to conduct operations," Kirby said when asked if it was his view Israel should begin their Gaza offensive whenever they are ready."We're not in the business of dictating terms to them and we certainly are not gonna be in the business here in the White House of previewing any future operations one way or the other," he continued. "That would be inappropriate."Israeli forces struck more than 320 targets overnight in Gaza, where at least 5,087 people have died and more than 15,000 have been wounded.Some humanitarian aid started to make its way into the territory last week after Biden secured an agreement from Israel to allow trucks carrying food, water and medical supplies through the Rafah border crossing.Kirby said it's "critically important" that the assistance continue to flow into Gaza whether there is a ground invasion or not. He said the administration shared concerns of aid potentially falling into Hamas' hands but there's been no indication that's happened with any of the deliveries so far."We know that they need fuel to be able to electrify and power up their tunnels, for instance, and keep the lights on," Kirby said of Hamas. "We understand that. We are not blind to potential concerns here over diversion, which is why Ambassador [David] Satterfield is on the ground, his whole purpose to make sure the humanitarian assistance can get to the Palestinian people."Kirby also said the U.S. wants to secure a safe passage for the hundreds of American citizens and other foreign nationals who want to leave Gaza, but that there are still a number of factors to work through, including Egypt's security concerns.Efforts to free hostages held by Hamas also remains a top focus, Kirby said, but he declined to provide any updates or details. He told reporters that where they are in the process "makes it impossible for us to publicly detail" those discussions."We have no higher priority than the safety of Americans held around the world and we are going to continue around the clock to see if we can get them home to their families where they belong," Kirby said. "It is an hour by hour effort here at the White House and the State Department to find out where these folks are and to try to make the effort to get them out and get them back."Shortly after the press briefing, Hamas released two more hostages: a pair of elderly women who are both Israeli nationals. Last week, two American hostages -- a mother and daughter -- were freed.President Biden, asked Monday if he supported a ceasefire in exchange for the freeing of hostages, said, "We should have those hostages released, and then we can talk.”Kirby appeared to shut down the idea of a humanitarian ceasefire during Monday's briefing."What we want right now is to make sure Israel has the tools it needs to defend itself and to go after a Hamas and that humanitarian assistance keeps flowing," he said.ABC News' Ben Gittleson contributed to this report.。

该协议使印度能够无缝进入阿富汗、中亚和俄罗斯，因为伊朗第一个深水港恰巴哈尔被视为新德里、德黑兰和莫斯科开发的国际南北运输走廊（INSTC）的战略枢纽 作为亚丁湾-苏伊士运河航线的替代航线。

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“预计我们将在港口的这一部分看到更多的投资和连通性。印度外交部长苏杰生 (Subrahmanyam Jaishankar) 周一谈到事态发展时表示：“这绝对是在朝着好的方向发展。”

自2016年总理纳伦德拉·莫迪访问伊朗以来，新德里一直在恰巴哈尔港进行大量投资，深水港一期工程于2017年由时任总统哈桑·鲁哈尼正式启动。

三 | 由于多种因素（主要是美国对德黑兰的制裁），其进展一直被推迟。

恰巴哈尔也被视为释放印度与中亚、俄罗斯和欧洲国家贸易潜力的门户。该港口是INSTC多式联运南北贸易路线的一部分，该路线连接印度洋和波斯湾，经伊朗和阿塞拜疆到达里海，最后到达北欧。

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南北贸易走廊起始于孟买，经过阿巴斯港、安扎利港和恰巴哈尔港，然后跨过里海到达俄罗斯南部的阿斯特拉罕，通过铁路和公路连接莫斯科和圣彼得堡。

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数据显示，INSTC 预计将减少 40% 的运输时间，将平均行程从 45-60 天缩短到 25-30 天。

六 | 它还可能将货运成本降低 30%，并成为亚洲和欧洲之间苏伊士运河贸易联系的商业上可行的替代方案。

该港口开发协议的签署，为打通南北走廊具有决定性意义，绕开了西方把控的地中海和苏伊士运河，让俄罗斯有了一条完全独立自主的运输通道，而且时间更短，成本更低。

这将大大推进俄罗斯-伊朗-印度三国，以及中亚地区之间的贸易，让全世界去美元化更进一步。