India, April 22 -- This unprecedented turn of the shadow war into real war between the two power houses in West Asia puts Indian diplomacy to litmus test.
As expressed by Bhopinder Singh, in his article, the enduring ties between India and Iran, in The Pioneer dated, April 19, 2024, "The template of 'strategic independence' (used in the Russian- Ukraine conflict), could be afforded to this conflict which conjoins morality with practicality to take a deliberately mealy- mouthed position that offends none and yet genuinely beseeches peace."
It is worth reiterating that Indian leadership has spoken to their counterparts in the region such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine expressing concern about the possible escalat...