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Balancing act: India engages with Saudi Arabia and Iran

India is a friend to Both Iran and SA . We have no bones to pick in that region nor we want to get involved . Third parties putting their leg in affairs of two countries only deteriorate the situation further .

There are more than 10 thousand Iranian students in My city alone . Also a very few students from KSA and a sizable number from other arab countries ( Libya , Syria , Yemen etc) .

What is interesting is they all get along quite well in Real life . This dick Measuring contest is only in forums .

@al-Hasani .
 
India's foreign policy is based on self interest, just how it should be. KSA has no leverage over India to use it against Iran. We are not anyone's puppet state. If it serves our interest we would have good relation with KSA, that doesn't mean you are using us. Anyways India generally maintains good relation with all countries and doesn't take sides in conflicts that have nothing to do with us. India doesn't care about KSA vs Iran. We want good relation with both. It's pure business and we would like to keep it that way.

India's foreign policy is based on self interest, just how it should be. KSA has no leverage over India to use it against Iran.

This has nothing to do with Iran or KSA in first place. It all goes to India's neutral stance toward these countries and their likes.

Due to its massive population, India must adopt a moderate foreign policy, which is something rational. In this Globalized Age, no country can afford losing another country that has an economic benefit with to say the least. Just look at how much of a hardship the Iranian people are going through.

However, I did see India making considerable concessions in favor of one group - which the Indian Gov't might believe they are right - against another.

Although I must attest that the move by Iran to hold India's ship wasn't a nice or smart thing to do.

We are not anyone's puppet state

No body is in practice. Politically, practically speaking, the last puppet state ceased to exist in 1992 which is Baathist Kuwait. :lol:

But India has Russia, along standing ally that supported her for decades. Yet, that doesn't mean India is a puppet state of Russia.

It's pure business and we would like to keep it that way.

Well, to us, we share a mutually respected cordial relation with India based on economic benefits, security, and diplomacy.


India's foreign policy is based on self interest, just how it should be. KSA has no leverage over India to use it against Iran. We are not anyone's puppet state. If it serves our interest we would have good relation with KSA, that doesn't mean you are using us. Anyways India generally maintains good relation with all countries and doesn't take sides in conflicts that have nothing to do with us. India doesn't care about KSA vs Iran. We want good relation with both. It's pure business and we would like to keep it that way.

How India manages to remain on perfectly friendly terms wih three sworn enemies (KSA, Israel and Iran) is a lesson in diplomacy for the rest of the world. India does a fine balancing act between KSA and Iran, Iran and Israel, Israel and the arab world. Friends with all, dependant on none.

I think it's quite simple really - stay out of other people's mess, let them sort out their issues themselves. Buy and sell whatever there is to buy and sell. No fantasies of rushing to the help of ummah brothers, or delusions of being the protectors of the faith and such.

I'm afraid these fantasies exist everywhere even in India. The behavior demonstrated by right-wing Indian politicians, hardliners, academic, and MSM outlet proves it when it comes to Hindus persecution whenever it exists just as much as the Ummah drama. No one can deny it. Unless you hold something toward the Muslims in particular, then the whole point will shift from its subjective core into an objective one.

India is a friend to Both Iran and SA . We have no bones to pick in that region nor we want to get involved . Third parties putting their leg in affairs of two countries only deteriorate the situation further .

There are more than 10 thousand Iranian students in My city alone . Also a very few students from KSA and a sizable number from other arab countries ( Libya , Syria , Yemen etc) .

What is interesting is they all get along quite well in Real life . This dick Measuring contest is only in forums .

@al-Hasani .

Apart from the FP India adopts toward China, Pakistan. I always was a big time admirer of India's FP.

But tbqh friend, I was kinda disappointed with the excessive reaction India showed in response to the India Diplomat incidence in the US.
 
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India and Iran have very close relationship and shared interests in for example Afghanistan.
Iran and India intelligence cooperation was crucial for the establishment of the Northern Alliance, and now we are working on a port to facilitate Indian and Iranian trade to and from Afghanistan.
Cant see Saudi Arabia trying to blackmail or pressure India, to reduce its relations with Iran. Maybe you are overestimating your means to influence other countries, especially such a large and powerful one such as India.

@Arabian Legend never said or mentioned a thing about pressure or blackmail, for the record.

But selling at a low price did work before, not necessarily with Iran to KSA.

Are you joking @Yzd Khalifa ?
Are you unaware of Pakistani support to terrorist groups throughout the region particularly in Afghanistan and Kashmir?

Pakistan has been the primary source of terror and is now at war with its own creations...which is hardly like the rest of the world which battles terror which more often than not has some connection to Pakistan.

Point taken.

But I'm talking about the Pakistani civilians who are victims of the terror acts such as Malala buddy.

The difference is that onion/potato/cement trade is not the backbone of Pakistan's economy, or the source of their power and importance. But oil and natural gas is, for the middle east.

If Pakistan can't sell a single onion, they wouldn't be too different from what they are. But if GCC can't sell a drop of oil...

The GCC can sell natural gas, and if it wasn't for the natural gas then shale oil or gas or gold or silver or any other available natural resources, the list is too long that I don't wish to waste my time on.
 
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The GCC can sell natural gas, and if it wasn't for the natural gas then shale oil or gas or gold or silver or any other available natural resources, the list is too long that I don't wish to waste my time on.

I should have said hydrocarbons, instead of oil. But other natural resources? I have to disagree, I don't think that the GCC would be what it is today, if not for the hydrocarbons. The other resources neither exist in such abundance, nor is there such a need for them - the entire human civilization hinges on the use of hydrocarbons, as of now.

In any case, even if it were true that GCC could be so rich and influential without hydrocarbons, the fact is that as of today it is the hydrocarbon trade that is the backbone of all the countries in that region. Which is why comparing it to Pakistan and India trading onions is flawed, which was my point.
 

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