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India’s policy towards West Asia: Choosing diplomatic outreach over physical connectivity? December 28, 2020, 4:21 PM IST Niranjan is an independent researcher and columnist based in Vadodara. The past four months have seen India accelerating its engagements with West Asia. Of all these engagements, the ones with the Arab countries have been more prominent with many high profile visits from India to the region. Since September India has reached out to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Iran. There are three aspects to India’s engagements with the West Asian countries. First is India’s growing proximity to the Arab countries. Since the past few years India has grown closer to the Arab countries. Although India had cordial relations with the Arab countries for decades, in recent times, India has sought to redefine these relations. Oil trade and remittances from Indian Diaspora in Arab countries, especially Saudi

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