India and her Foreign Relationships

 

When it comes to India and her foreign relations, those are many in number. From ever-changing relations with the USA to a relationship of war and agony with Pakistan, we have our own trysts with foreign relations. Through this blog, we'll be learning about the impacts various nations have on India's foreign policies and relations. 

Let's start off with India's most famous relationship, with that of Pakistan. Earlier this month, the border of the nations was facing gunfire and attacks. A usual sight for the citizens of both the nations, the situation prolonged for a long time. As always, they were fighting for capturing Kashmir and making it a part of their respective nation. What started off as gunfire, went ahead and became warfare. On 24th February, the military generals of both armies decided to cease warfare. They decided that there will be no more firing and peace was restored. Although peace has been restored, nobody knows when the next conflict will start.

As for India, the short-term impact they face here is that they may have lost military personnel and gun powder as well. The nation has brought more strain to the already strained relationship they were having with Pakistan. They will now have to enter into long talks with their political counterparts in Pakistan. The nation will also have to justify its stand on why there was firing. The long-term impact is also not surprising. Our relationship with Pakistan will remain the same. Or else, it's only going to become worse. The fight for Kashmir is going to continue. There will be more firing and more peace treaties signed. 

Israel and India have always had good relations with each other. From a long time ago, the two countries have had extensive economic, military, and strategic relationships. When Israel faced tough situations or issues, India has always been there to help. Israel is represented in India through an embassy in New Delhi and one consulate each in Mumbai and Bengaluru. As per the reports of 2014, India is the third-largest Asian trade partner of Israel and the tenth-largest trade partner overall. 

So when the news came that Israel has decided to give it's surplus Covid vaccines to less fortunate countries like Latin America and Palestine, India was really happy. India has also mentioned in its foreign policy about Palestine's integral part. The country also recognizes Palestine Liberal Organisation as well. But the surprise came when the Israel Prime Minister decided to freeze the exports of the surplus vaccines. 

As for the short-term impacts, India would have thought that Palestine is going to benefit from the vaccines, and this would have in turn further strengthened Indo-Israel relations. India would have had a better relation with Israel and further exchange of trade would have taken place. However, in this situation, it seems like the Indo-Israel situation will become strained. This sudden change of plans will have India wondering about Palestine's supply of Covid vaccines. The trust that they had in Israel for supplying the surplus vaccines may worsen the relation. 

We can see how the USA is planning to talk to the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. Although India has a good relationship with the countries of the Middle East, we were not in that good of terms with America when Trump was in charge of the nation. But, all that may change now.

The short-term impact is that based on the relations the USA may build with Saudi, there may be changes in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and India. As for the long-term impact, ever since Biden has come into power, we might get to see a better and developed relationship between both the nations.