It is clear to analysts and observers of the region that after decades of depending and outsourcing its security concerns to its Western allies – primarily the US – the Gulf countries are having a rethink and coming into their own as far as international diplomacy and the security architecture of the region is concerned.
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India is the UAE’s second largest trade partner today and the UAE has become India’s third largest trading partner
Reading between the lines of these bland statements made it clear that states were politely refusing to take sides in the matter. And Pakistan had little say.
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The Union Territory (UT) status for Ladakh is a masterstroke in India’s long-term home and foreign policy. A counter strategy that India should be thinking now is to offer China an alternative transport, energy, trade and communication corridor originating from a port in Gujarat running across Northern India to connect Kashgar through Indus valley in Ladakh.
On Tuesday India’s parliament approved the resolution to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution and thereby revoke Kashmir’s special status and passed the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill to bifurcate the state.
The government revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be split into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
The challenge for India’s diplomacy therefore is to find a way out of the USA’s conflict with Iran (and also with Russia) so that its vital energy and maritime connectivity interests in the case of Iran remain unaffected.
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Beijing: The 14th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC) on India-China
By Ferdows Rasouli With the success of the seventh round of talks between the United
Speaking about Maldives’ ‘India First Policy’, Maj. Gen. Shamaal said countries in the region could draw many positive lessons from Indian culture and its democratic traditions.
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