Chabahar debacle and India’s strained strategic position in the Middle East
Islamabad; India’s Chabahar project in Iran, launched against Pakistan’s deep-water Gwadar port, has run into difficulties.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Modi’s Indian government has not allocated any new funding for the development of Chabahar Port during the US-Iran war.
Iran, which was once considered India’s important strategic partner, has now been left as a used pawn by India, while the Modi government has not provided any new funding for the construction of Chabahar Port.
Iran was presented as a close strategic partner of India for years, but in the face of pressure from the US administration, the Modi government considered it better to back down, while no new announcement was made for the Chabahar project in the Union Budget.
In an attempt to gain US support, India damaged its strategic sovereignty and national interests, while its strategic allies were left in a state of uncertainty.
The so-called partnership between India and Iran has now weakened, and Indian frustration at not being given a mediating role in the Middle East conflict, along with pressure from the US and Israel, is also clear.
American resentment over India’s so-called strategic autonomy has brought New Delhi closer to American foreign policy, as evidenced by its failure to openly condemn American and Israeli attacks on Iran.
India is mishandling the Middle East crisis; it has left its ally Iran alone while remaining silent on Israeli and American actions and the imposition of war in the region.
Strategic autonomy is now becoming a hollow slogan, while New Delhi’s reality is becoming clear to the world.
