Iran's opting out of india's Chabahar venture is a significant development.
It has two angles;
One. Iran realizes now that india was taking dictation from the US on their bilateral affairs. Any purposeful progress was therefore not likely in the future.
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It has two angles;
One. Iran realizes now that india was taking dictation from the US on their bilateral affairs. Any purposeful progress was therefore not likely in the future.
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Two. China has succeeded in a furthering its regional economic integration efforts by engaging Iran. It would now be focusing on post US withdrawal Afghanistan, which apparently is only a matter of time.
What should our strategic priorities be now under the circumstances...
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What should our strategic priorities be now under the circumstances...
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a. Synergise the process of economic integration by multilateral engagement with iran-afg-china and ensure that oir key advantage of physical connection with Xinjiang (Nucleus of CPEC and backbone of BRI) is optimally utilized.
b. Bilateral engagement and other necessary
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b. Bilateral engagement and other necessary
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..steps to ensure indian influence in our two western neighbors is nullified.
c. Lastly, the trickiest. Keep US engaged assuring it of a purely economic nature of CPEC. Concurrently seeking US market access to our exports.
Astute diplomacy is req here. And timing, is critical
c. Lastly, the trickiest. Keep US engaged assuring it of a purely economic nature of CPEC. Concurrently seeking US market access to our exports.
Astute diplomacy is req here. And timing, is critical
