14/09/2022 - International Relations

KEY POINTS

·        To begin with, the visit reinforces hcommitment to an Indian foreign policy that balances various blocs  pitting India’s membership of the SCO and BRICS against its membership of the Quad, groups such as the I2U2, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

·        This was highlighted more recently with India joining the Russian-led ‘Vostok’ Army Exercises along with China, and plans to host SCO-RATS (or the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization).

·        India is the only country that would form the intersection, a part of all of those groupings.

·        Although India is no longer a part of the railway connectivity project from Chabahar, Iran has asked for support with “above ground” equipment and parts for its plans to extend the rail line from the Afghan border outpost to Turkmenistan, the shortest possible route for India.

·        This would also tie in with the Modi government’s plans to build a connectivity framework that counters the China-Pakistan-Economic Corridor from Gwadar, which China plans to connect through Afghanistan to Central Asia.

·        No trade with India is possible without a reversal of New Delhi’s Article 370 moves in Jammu and Kashmir, formal communication has all but ended.

·        A powerful backchannel with National Security Adviser Pakistani military interlocutors is evidenced by the ceasefire being largely maintained at the Line of Control.

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