India, Sept. 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), a proposed network of sea routes, railways and other infrastructure linking India to Europe through the Gulf. He tied the project to efforts to move West Asia's energy infrastructure away from routes exposed to disruption during the ongoing conflict with Iran.

"Iran's terrorist attacks on commercial shipping in neighbouring countries have shown the need to shift Middle East energy infrastructure away from the Iranian checkpoints," Trump said on Tuesday, at a multilateral meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "That's why my administration strongly supports the In...