Saudis's double oil exports, want India's help to contain AQ

[EjazR]

Saudi Arabia to double exports of crude oil to India - The National

Saudi Arabia has agreed to double its crude oil exports to India in a move that would reduce the Asian country's dependence on Iranian crude.

Annual Indian crude imports from the kingdom could rise to more than 800,000 barrels per day, an Indian official said yesterday in Riyadh on the sidelines of a Saudi energy conference.

"India appreciates the role of the kingdom as an important and reliable energy partner," said the official, who is on the staff of the Indian embassy in Riyadh.

"Both countries are also working to diversify their seller-buyer relationship into a strategic energy partnership."

An Indian-Saudi energy alliance has been in the works for at least 18 months.

In February last year, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah paid a historic visit to New Delhi, becoming the first Saudi head of state to visit India, which has hostile relations with the kingdom's long-held Muslim ally Pakistan.

The Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh reciprocated by visiting Riyadh the following month.

Analysts said Riyadh wanted India's help in containing al Qa'eda activity in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

They also suggested the kingdom was seeking to weaken its regional rival Iran by supplying crude that India would otherwise need to import from Tehran.

"Through oil diplomacy, Saudi Arabia hopes to sap Iran of important regional partners, a diplomatic coup the US and other western nations have so far failed to achieve," Aaron Mattis wrote in the Harvard International Review.

On the other hand, economic imperatives have proved more than sufficient for Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil exporters to strengthen trade ties with other rapidly developing Asian nations such as China and South Korea.

Oil consumption in those countries, along with India, has risen sharply since 2008, even as it has fallen in the developed world.

By last August, the Saudi-Indian energy initiative was gathering momentum.

"Opportunities exist to strengthen ties in investment between India and Saudi Arabia," Ali al Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, said on the sidelines of a meeting of Asian oil buyers.

The kingdom was keen on entering into a 30-year oil supply contract with India, as it had done with several other countries, he added.

Last February, the Saudi Al Qahtani Sons group formed a joint venture with India's SledgeHammer Oil Tools to build a large manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for oilfield and drilling equipment.

"Many companies are looking for joint ventures.

"Such deals are important for expanding business in India and in Saudi Arabia," said Abdulrahman al Rabiah, the chairman of the Saudi-India Joint Business Council.

 

[Qasibr]

Especially since India has been caught red-handed funding "Al-Qaeda activities" in Pakistan. Flooding arms in Baluchistan, Indian weaponry found in FATA, and their RAW jumping at every opportunity to kill innocents here.

You weep about one Mumbai, we have Mumbai-like attacks every month here. And this isn't about "Pakistani-trained terrorists" coming back to Pakistan. Pakistan trained and helped the Afghan Mujahideen which later became the Afghan Taliban under Mullah Omer, and they have never waged a war against Pakistan. These blasts in Pakistan are done by terrorists who are found with whiskey bottles, anti-Pakistan propaganda, and the best weapons indos can provide.

This heavy-handedness always breeds resentment. India agitates each and every neighbor around it, even swallowed a number of smaller ones over the years, like Sikkim, Goa, Hyderabad.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

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On topic-Does this mean that we are towing the U.S.A's line and disregarding the Islamic Republic of Iran?!They were our first Muslim ally ffs!

 

[IBRIS]

Especially since India has been caught red-handed funding "Al-Qaeda activities" in Pakistan. Flooding arms in Baluchistan, Indian weaponry found in FATA, and their RAW jumping at every opportunity to kill innocents here.

You weep about one Mumbai, we have Mumbai-like attacks every month here. And this isn't about "Pakistani-trained terrorists" coming back to Pakistan. Pakistan trained and helped the Afghan Mujahideen which later became the Afghan Taliban under Mullah Omer, and they have never waged a war against Pakistan. These blasts in Pakistan are done by terrorists who are found with whiskey bottles, anti-Pakistan propaganda, and the best weapons indos can provide.

This heavy-handedness always breeds resentment. India agitates each and every neighbor around it, even swallowed a number of smaller ones over the years, like Sikkim, Goa, Hyderabad.

You having a good time typing away, but nothing making sense

 

[Qasibr]

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On topic-Does this mean that we are towing the U.S.A's line and disregarding the Islamic Republic of Iran?!They were our first Muslim ally ffs!

You have the right to report, and by all means knock yourself out. I have the right to state what I want, and even if the facts are difficult for you to swallow, you do not have the right to stiffle free speech. I haven't directly or personally insulted any member, or anything like that, all I did was state some relevant facts and background information that helps see the news posted here in a historical context.

Saudi Arabia's offering India a "carrot" to get it's help in containing "al-qaeda" in Pakistan makes perfect sense, because these "al-qaeda" are in actuality Indian-backed assets. They have been meddling in Pakistan for many many decades now, long before "al-qaeda" even came into existence.

You having a good time typing away, but nothing making sense

Yes, it's understandable. Things stop making sense when we are facing facts that we cannot logically refute. What I said was not plain english at all, and hence, very difficult to comprehend what the words meant. Perhaps you should get a good dictionary, it helps with all the confusing big-boy words.

 

[T90TankGuy]

kid its not india which is being blamed in the international community . but you guys . wake up to reality . look at other sources other than rupee news.

 

[nForce]

Especially since India has been caught red-handed funding "Al-Qaeda activities" in Pakistan. Flooding arms in Baluchistan, Indian weaponry found in FATA, and their RAW jumping at every opportunity to kill innocents here.

You weep about one Mumbai, we have Mumbai-like attacks every month here. And this isn't about "Pakistani-trained terrorists" coming back to Pakistan. Pakistan trained and helped the Afghan Mujahideen which later became the Afghan Taliban under Mullah Omer, and they have never waged a war against Pakistan. These blasts in Pakistan are done by terrorists who are found with whiskey bottles, anti-Pakistan propaganda, and the best weapons indos can provide.

This heavy-handedness always breeds resentment. India agitates each and every neighbor around it, even swallowed a number of smaller ones over the years, like Sikkim, Goa, Hyderabad.

Its funny isnt it?? India funding al-Qaeda,Indian weapons in FATA and still not an iota of proof has been provided to the International community,or disclosed by Pakistan.Anti-India sentiments are running so high,that a set of fools first make wild conspiracy theories,and then another set of bigger fools actually believe them as absolute truth.

 

[AmberDutt]

Especially since India has been caught red-handed funding "Al-Qaeda activities" in Pakistan. Flooding arms in Baluchistan, Indian weaponry found in FATA, and their RAW jumping at every opportunity to kill innocents here.

You weep about one Mumbai, we have Mumbai-like attacks every month here. And this isn't about "Pakistani-trained terrorists" coming back to Pakistan. Pakistan trained and helped the Afghan Mujahideen which later became the Afghan Taliban under Mullah Omer, and they have never waged a war against Pakistan. These blasts in Pakistan are done by terrorists who are found with whiskey bottles, anti-Pakistan propaganda, and the best weapons indos can provide.

Where does Indonesia come into the picture from??