India, March 6 -- Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday described the current situation in the Middle East as "quite unusual", warning that the abnormality in the global scenario is gradually becoming the "new normal".

Speaking in Kolkata while addressing the maritime conclave 'Sagar Sankalp', Singh said the world is witnessing a rapid shift in long-standing geopolitical assumptions.

"Old ideas, old global order, and old perceptions are changing rapidly. These are the uncertainties we need to understand. The current situation in the Middle East is one prime example. What is happening there is quite unusual," he said.

He added that it is difficult to make concrete predictions about how events in the Middle East or India's neig...