Middle East Focus: India and Israel, India and Iran………..

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India and Israel, India and Iran………..

“Singh allays Arab concern. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that Arab concern about growing Indo-Israeli defense cooperation is "misplaced." Last year it was reported that Israel had replaced Russia as India's top supplier of defense equipment. The Indian premier was speaking in a special interview prior to his visit to the Kingdom. He arrives Saturday at the head of one of the most important Indian delegations to visit the Kingdom in years. "Our relationship with no single country is at the expense of our relations with any other country," he said. As to India's support for Palestine, it was "an article of faith for us," he added…………..”

Actually the real concern of Mr. Singh’s hosts is about India’s relations with Iran, and not at all with Israel. India is a major exporter to Iran of some vital items that the West may try to block. There are coordinated moves to get India to move closer to the West-Israel position on Iran. The most interesting part of Singh’s visit to Riyadh is the part that will not be in their joint communiqué.
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