Everyone does things for their own self interest first and foremost. Saudi's are no exceptions. I am sure they have chosen this route after careful consideration of implications from all sides.
It isn't really about KSA preferring to work with India at the expense of its foes at all. For the last 20 years, we have been investing in many South Asians States as much as we possibly can find a room to get in. At the same time, our relations with Pakistan had never been deteriorated for doing this and that. Everything India buys from us is given to Pakistan unconditionally, but, again @
Armstrong was right, I don't think KSA is doing much on the dispute of Kashmir, which had upsetted many Pakistanis.
Bangladesh also receives a package from KSA yearly, but your politicians are extremely corrupted to their bones, it is time to take said and call things as they are ought to be called. The current regime in Bangladesh doesn't deserve to remain in power for one more day, we all know who's responsible for all the mess in there.
So I would call this a success for Indian diplomats and a failure for the opposing camp, which is Pakistan as well as China. As for Bangladesh, our govt. is now Indian puppet, so that is another failure of the anti-Indian camp. There is no free lunch in this world.
I'm not ready yet to label Bangladesh as a puppet of an X or Y state, all I know is that I have a disrespect to the Gov't a lot for mistreating the people of the BD, the heavy currpotion, and ignoring calls for political reform. I don't think there is a greater an enemy to BD than the Gov't itself.
Even if KSA has friendly relations with India, can Pakistan and Bangladesh as nations, afford to get upset with KSA? Think about it.
I totally disagree. Both countries are sovereign states and should look for their own interests, but our commitments to both are firmed and unshakable.
A better route is to search for the reasons that prompts KSA to seek closer relations with India. If nations who would not like to see this happen, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and perhaps China, they will have to figure out a way to offer something better than what India offers. That is the way geopolitics works I think, from my limited understanding.
Depending on the interpretation to identify the cause and the effects. I don't think the Saudi-Indo development came to upset India's neighbors, we look for investments. Similarly, KSA does the same in China, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the South Korea. Therefore, it is worth mentioning that politics is one think, and economic investments are another thing.
Everyone does things for their own self interest first and foremost. Saudi's are no exceptions. I am sure they have chosen this route after careful consideration of implications from all sides.
Even if KSA has friendly relations with India, can Pakistan and Bangladesh as nations, afford to get upset with KSA? Think about it.
A better route is to search for the reasons that prompts KSA to seek closer relations with India. If nations who would not like to see this happen, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and perhaps China, they will have to figure out a way to offer something better than what India offers. That is the way geopolitics works I think, from my limited understanding.
So I would call this a success for Indian diplomats and a failure for the opposing camp, which is Pakistan as well as China. As for Bangladesh, our govt. is now Indian puppet, so that is another failure of the anti-Indian camp. There is no free lunch in this world.
The SOB who start funding and building the salafist in Pakistan was Saddam Hussain and try to destroy Pakistan . A guy who is father of insurgency in Baluchistan, Pakistan. Don't know where the Iran come from in every situation .
Gen. Zia schooled him for his meddling sinister activities though
For me he's a war-criminal.