During the G20 summit, an announcement was made to build a corridor between india and the Middle East. US President Joe Biden has expressed doubts that this may be the reason for the war between israel and Hamas. US President Joe Biden said that the India-Middle east Economic Corridor could also be a reason for the war between israel and Hamas. According to a report by All india Radio, Biden said this after a meeting with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. "This is just my guess, I have no evidence to prove it," Biden said. For the second time in a week, Biden cited the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor as a major reason behind the Hamas attack. prime minister Narendra Modi announced this corridor at the G20 summit in India. israel has described this corridor as very important to Asia. However it is not part of this corridor as an active member.
According to foreign affairs expert Michael Kugelman, the war poses a major challenge to the India-Middle east corridor. This battle proves how difficult it is to build a corridor to connect the world. At the time of the project's announcement, it was believed to improve relations between saudi arabia and israel in the Middle East. According to manoj joshi of the Observer Research Foundation, the India-Middle east and europe Corridor has been launched to bring peace to the region. But, now this same corridor is the reason for the fight.
This new corridor starting from mumbai will be an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This corridor will be 6 thousand kilometers long. It covers a sea route of 3500 km. After the construction of the corridor, the time to transport goods from india to europe will be saved by about 40%. Currently, any cargo ship from india takes 36 days to reach Germany. This route saves 14 days. With direct access to europe, export-import to india will be easier and cheaper.
Seven reasons why india should join this project
* Initially india and America were working in the Indo-Pacific region, but for the first time both are partners in the Middle East.
* pakistan, which was the biggest obstacle to India's land connectivity with Central Asia, has been ousted. pakistan has been trying to stop this effort since 1991.
* India's relations with iran have improved, but due to US sanctions, plans for a Russia-Iran corridor from iran to Eurasia are affected.
* India's partnership with Arab countries has increased. The uae and Saudi governments are making efforts to create a permanent link with India.
* America hopes that this mega connectivity project will bring political stability and normalize relations in the Arabian Peninsula.
* The european union has earmarked 300 million Euros (about Rs 2633 crore) for infrastructure spending during 2021-27. india also became its partner.
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* The new corridor is an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Many countries will get relief from China's debt trap. Becoming a partner of the African Union in the G20 will help stop the growing assertiveness of china and russia in African countries.
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