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Naval Ties, Economic Interests Drive India’s Outreach to Oman

Omani Foreign Minister Yosuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah calling on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi, India, June 3, 2014 (photo from the website of the Prime Minister of India).
Omani Foreign Minister Yosuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah calling on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi, India, June 3, 2014 (photo from the website of the Prime Minister of India).
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When Oman’s foreign minister made two visits to India last year, once before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government was sworn in and once right after, it became the first Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member to commence high-level engagement with the new Indian government. The visits were also a signal that Oman continues to be India’s closest strategic partner in West Asia. As a country that not only hosts some 700,000 Indian expatriates, but also key Indian listening facilities, Oman is assuming ever-greater importance for New Dehli as an outpost to project Indian influence—especially with the rise of the […]

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