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India cautious about expansion of energy relations with Iran
'India cautious about expansion of energy relations with Iran' - Economic Times
and here, even if we have to face a street level politics, when two people are fighting with each other, the first rule is not to interfere between them no matter whom you find right and how many things go wrong. Even if things start going from bad to worse, we may hardly call police but interfering in between two people fighting with each other is just not a wise move. And here, I can ask a question, why India is worried for any concern of US/ EU about Iran while ISI can create enough problems for India, single handed? and if India wants to think more than that then we have new big power China also who will have enough strengths in future to engage India? How it matters whether Iran can build nuclear weapons while India will have threats from its neighbours only? while Iran has publicly declared that it has no intention to build nuclear weapons and their nuclear program is for electricity only? No matter how big threat the West has from Iran, how does it affect India’s health? I mean, Japan, a close US’s ally, was the biggest buyer of Iranian oil in 2010, and after Japan, China and South Africa, while India was fourth placed as a buyer of oil and gas from Iran in 2010, then why India is so much cautious with more energy buying from Iran, which is on the closest geographical proximity from India also as compare to any of the top 3 buyers of Iran?
Disputes in South China Sea for oil/ gas exploration are just a start. India has already seen energy bargaining in terms of uranium. Its just Russia who has close economic ties with Kazakhstan which has 15% of world Uranium reserves, otherwise, ….. . But its no doubt that the world is moving towards energy blackmailing and ability to pay for the energy is going to be less important in future without closer political ties with the suppliers. And here, Mr Chanakya has said, “Commitments based on common enemies are much more stronger and trustworthy than the commitments based on common friends.” On one hand Arab league treats Iran as a step brother then on the other hand, friendship of India with West looks less attractive for India in future. (World is changing rapidly and Western countries always have something to fix to solve their problems. friendship with West will only create problems and losses for India in future.) There can’t be comparison of India’s friendship with Mauritius, Bhutan, Russia as compare to other nations while Russia is the country who has hands in all the major strengths of India, whether it proposed manned space mission of India or partnership in the 5th gen aircrafts, or purchase of nuclear reactors as no matter how much bargaining is being done in NSG, Russia is set to transfer reprocessing techs (ENR) to India. also It is still a question, why Indian air force finds Mig29K a capable aircraft and signed deal to buy 29 more Mig29Ks recently in 2010 while they were not satisfied with dual engine Mig35 which is nothing but a better version of Mig29K? and also Mig35 is much cheaper to buy than Rafale or Eurofighter for MRCA deal? also, how a 4.5 gen aircraft like Rafale or Eurofighter is useful for IAF which will come in production from 2015 onwards in India while Indo-Russian 5th generation stealth aircraft, PAK FA/ FGFA, is expected to come in production from 2018 onwards? Why there is any delay in signing the biggest defense deal of India for buying six stealth submarines, project P-75I, from Russia, which may be fitted with Brahmos missiles also while its also true that we can't expect full tech transfer from either Germany, France or Spain even if it is argued that German stealth submarines are little more capable than that of Russian one.
Western Mindset can’t accept any power equal with them while India wants to have better techs and being more capable than US in every area? West defines democracy for those countries who accept to become their followers, similar to colonies, or Western rulers then try to fix that country. how long India can walk with US/ West this way? China is competing with US in open while India is also doing the same but hesitates to use clear words with a hope that there will be more benefits while watching matches between US and China? here I ask, why so much efforts were made by India to develop 'Chah Bahar' port in Iran, with spending big money to make a road link through Afghanistan to Central Asia also, if India will finally have to fall on the hands of West for energy black mailings in future? as its also true that mining/ production in Kazakhstan must be cheaper than that of a Western country as Kazakhstan is a middle order country which has labor availability for less salaries. I mean, why don’t India start making close trade ties with its old Cold War allies like Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia for supply of oil/ gas/ minerals/ Metals etc? even Russia has almost two times coal reserve than Australia, coal which is the third biggest source of energy after oil and gas, and Kazakhstan is itself a net coal exporter with other minerals/ Metals?
also, why Indian government wants its civilians to buy expansive and more polluted oil while price of Gas is much cheaper than oil and cause very less pollution also? Indian government would just import as much gas as they can from Iran, the country having second largest Gas reserve in world, and also remove taxes from the production of those vehicles which will be run by gas to reduce overall pollution level of cities at a much cheaper price of gas than oil. I also read somewhere that even Pakistan first checked the price of Gas pipeline through ‘sea route’ from Iran as compare to land route as it is now said that it’s now cheaper to make gas pipeline through sea route than through land. Why don’t India build a gas pipeline of a big cross sectional area through sea route and negotiate gas price at a cheaper rate than market rates from Iran, and also from Oman/ Qatar/ UAE as these countries are also willing to join the proposed sea route gas pipeline project of India-Iran, I read somewhere? An oil pipeline from Iran, with keeping Oman/ Qatar/ UAE also somewhere, at a cheaper price than market rates would also be useful.
Why don’t India prepare itself for a closer military and trade ties with Mr Putin’s proposed Eurasia which currently includes Kazakhstan, one of the closest Russian ally. Mr Chanakya has also said, “Friendship with everyone simply means friendship with no one.” And Russia is the time tested friend of India, a rising power and listed in emerging economic groups BRICS/ G7. Russia is a Veto power holder in UN and the successor of SU/ USSR who used its Veto Power many times in favor of India. if we have a close look on the current international disputes, India will finally have to take a side in future................
(also, I remember, it was being discussed on an Indian forum in 2006, “whether US will offer F35/ JSF to India or not”. it was the time when Ms Rice was foreign secretory of US and Indo-US friendship was on top on the name of democracy. And now time has changed in the way that it has been widely accepted that twin engine PAK FA/ FGFA is much more capable than single engine JSF and with delays in JSF program, both of these aircrafts would come in production on almost the same time also. and now US is offering F35/ JSF every second – third month to India and now India finds ‘feel bad’ to refuse US’s best aircraft, F35, every time as US doesn’t listen by one time and keep asking for their cheap tech aircrafts to India. Why don’t Indian strategic makers accept that US’s time is over now and a closer friendship with US/ West will only result in losses and problems? Most of the Technologies of West have been lost to BRICS and whatever techs they still have, they are going to lose. And if we have a look on the recent debt problems of US and EU, its look like they are now going to lose their credibilities also. EU first asked help from China for debts with a ‘Katora’ in hands recently and then China refused also, isn’t it going to be a shame to have closeness with West in future?)
I think, the time Russia take a strike on West’s disputes with Syria or Iran if any, India would also straight kick US’s *** that time and take side with Russia.
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