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An offer and a reckoning
Opinion
May 7, 2021
After the February 25 LOC ceasefire, agreed upon by Pakistani and Indian DGMOs, several exchanges followed between the two governments in the shape of letters and greetings etc, which left little doubt that background meetings between India and Pakistan officials were underway.
The Indian media briefed by its officials was first out with the story: that there had been exchanges between the security officials of the two countries, a timeline of actions was agreed upon, and the process of bilateral dialogue and the revival of Saarc including the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Modi in Pakistan for the Saarc summit before the year end was all but sorted out. This is what the Indian media had reported.
India s Multi-Alignment Strategy Requires Recalibration and Clarification
This is especially so when one takes into consideration the fast-moving regional developments, specifically India s failure to isolate Pakistan, the Chinese-Iranian Strategic Partnership deal, and the US s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping in Antalya, Turkey, 2015. Credit: South African foreign ministry
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The rapidly evolving regional situation requires India to urgently recalibrate and clarify its multi-alignment strategy. Its policy of isolating Pakistan hasn’t succeeded as planned after ‘great powers’ as diverse as the US, China, the Gulf kingdoms, and even India’s historical ally Russia have increased their engagement with New Delhi’s rival.
April 23, 2021
CAIRO The disruption of global traffic in the Suez Canal in late March after the giant container ship Ever Given went aground prompted Russia and Iran to mention, once more, the International North-South Transport Corridor as an alternative option to the Suez Canal in the future.
The Russian and Iranian proposals raised questions as to whether the corridor could affect the revenues generated from the Egyptian canal.
Shipping was halted in the canal March 23 after the Ever Given was stuck sideways on a narrow section of the canal and required almost a week of efforts before being dislodged.
Speaking to the press ahead of a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran on April 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia and Iran are interested in developing the International North-South Transport Corridor. He added that discussions are underway in Tehran to boost cooperation between the two countries and explore the economic benefits of the corri