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Revision note: India and West Asia: Gulf, Iran and Israel

  • Interests: energy, ~9 mn diaspora in GCC, remittances, trade, security, connectivity
  • De-hyphenation: Arabs, Iran and Israel separately; Look/Think West
  • UAE: CSP 2017; CEPA (Feb 2022, in force May 2022); rupee–dirham; I2U2 2022; BAPS temple 2024
  • Saudi: SPC 2019; Qatar: LNG; Oman: Duqm port access
  • Iran: Chabahar (10-year deal May 2024); INSTC; sanctions after JCPOA exit 2018
  • Israel: recognised 1950, full ties Jan 1992; Modi visit 2017; Barak-8; agriculture CoEs
  • Palestine: PLO 1974; State of Palestine 1988; two-state solution; UNRWA
  • IMEC (G20 Sept 2023); evacuations: Kuwait 1990, Raahat 2015, Ajay 2023, Sindhu 2025
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