Indian diplomacy won in Qatar, foreign policy now on margins of history
It is a day of major diplomatic and foreign policy victory for india, a day of celebration. Eight indian former marines, who were sentenced to death by qatar, were finally released. Not only were their sentences postponed, but 7 of them even returned to their country. It is also being called a symbol of the changing and effective foreign policy of the Modi government. The indian government has expressed happiness over the return of its citizens to their home country and expressed gratitude to the Emir of Qatar. On december 1 last year, the prime minister of india and the Emir of qatar met during COP28 and since then, speculations were being made about the safe return of these former marines.
Foreign policy has changed
In earlier governments, West Asia and the Persian gulf were given less importance, but ever since prime minister narendra modi has come, that has changed. india did not spend its diplomatic time and influence in these places. Now that mistake is being rectified. The first foreign tour that narendra modi did after assuming the post of prime minister in May 2014 was to bhutan and the second tour was to UAE. From the very beginning he made it clear that he was going to add a new chapter in relations with West Asia and Arab countries. Our relations with qatar are old and excellent. If we see, 30 percent of Qatar's population consists of indian immigrants. The working class or blue collared class there keeps coming and going to Qatar.
Many people especially from Rajasthan, kerala and karnataka go there. If we look closely, we will find that this diplomatic success is becoming a habit for India. india also evacuated its citizens from afghanistan with great diplomacy and cunning. india also very cleverly evacuated indian citizens from Kiev and Mariupol. In Mariupol, Putin gave safe passage to indian students and in Poland, latvia and Lithuania, five of our Union Ministers were waiting and even during the ukraine crisis, they brought them out. This is diplomatic cleverness of india and the Prime Minister. There is also an issue to be noted in this that our neighbor pakistan was involved in this conspiracy, such a suspicion has also been raised, because pakistan also invests a lot in Qatar. Pakistani officials also visit its festivals and holidays, and pakistan also remains involved in such conspiracies.