Few takers likely for Trump’s poison pill
As negotiations to end the Iran war continued on May 25, Donald Trump made a series of phone calls in which he pressed key leaders from the Middle East to join the Abraham accords.
As negotiations to end the Iran war continued on May 25, Donald Trump made a series of phone calls in which he pressed key leaders from the Middle East to join the Abraham accords.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour to the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy was not merely another diplomatic exercise.
PM Modi began the Netherlands leg of his five-nation tour with diaspora outreach and meetings lined up with Dutch leadership on trade, technology and strategic cooperation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday presided over the signing of a broad range of bilateral agreements aimed at strengthening cooperation in energy security, defense, trade, technology and infrastructure, further consolidating the rapidly expanding strategic partnership between the two nations.
India and the UAE signed key agreements on defence, LPG supply and petroleum reserves, while Abu Dhabi announced fresh investments worth $5 billion in Indian sectors.
PM Modi’s multi-nation outreach is expected to boost India’s trade, energy and technology partnerships with Gulf and European countries amid growing global economic realignment.
Iran and the UAE traded sharp reactions after Israel claimed Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Abu Dhabi during the ongoing military confrontation with Tehran.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a six-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy starting May 15 to boost India's bilateral ties and cooperation in energy, defence, economy and trade amid the West Asia crisis.
A WSJ report has alleged that the UAE secretly carried out strikes inside Iran during the recent Gulf conflict, despite publicly maintaining a position of neutrality.
The decision by the United Arab Emirates to step away from OPEC marks more than a routine policy shift; it reflects a deeper fracture in the logic that has governed global oil politics for decades.
