Forging Synergies: India’s Strategic Engagement with Central Asia
India has been committed to re-energising its efforts in Central Asia since 2012, when it launched its ‘Connect Central Asia’ initiative with the aim of strengthening ties.
India has been committed to re-energising its efforts in Central Asia since 2012, when it launched its ‘Connect Central Asia’ initiative with the aim of strengthening ties.
The visit by the Greek prime minister will complete the latest phase in Indo-Greek relations, which began with the Indian prime minister’s visit to Greece last August.
On Monday, a large number of concerned Indians especially the families of the former imprisoned Navy officers heaved a sigh of relief as they returned home after a court of Qatar allowed them to leave.
In recent decades, six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE have emerged as pivotal in West Asia due to their huge sovereign wealth and Petro dollars, reformist policies and fast-moving diversification of their economies and interests beyond the hydrocarbons and regional heft as they continue to play a much bigger role in the global scheme of things.
India and Iran do have a civilisational and strategic partnership which had fallen into disuse due to the consistent US pressure through CAATSA and bilateral negotiations.
For India, a forward-looking policy ecosystem would not only attract more investment but also foster innovation and R&D, essential for its technological advancement.