New Delhi, March 20 -- Three weeks into the conflict in West Asia, a Biden-era US top official, Daniel Benaim, has hailed India as a major arbiter of the 21st century, underlining that the Gulf states view New Delhi as a future superpower.

Benaim, who is an expert on the Arabian Peninsula, made the observations in a conversation with ANI.

When asked about which countries the United States could pair up with so as to come to a consensus to end the war, the former deputy assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula noted that the Gulf countries admire India and see it as a future power.

Further, he spoke about the bonhomie shared between PM Narendra Modi and the United Arab Emirates President, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, stat...