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With Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful Amman calling for an India-Jordan collaboration for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Syria, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar successful Tel Aviv expressing India’s enactment for the Trump bid program for Gaza, India connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) reiterated its willingness to play an important relation successful the fast-evolving script successful West Asia.
Speaking astatine the India-Jordan Business Forum, Prime Minister Modi said King Abdullah II had shared his imaginativeness of processing railways and “next-generation infrastructure” successful Jordan and added, “During our gathering yesterday, His Majesty besides highlighted the infrastructure reconstruction needs successful Syria. Indian and Jordanian companies tin collaborate to code these requirements together.”
India had reached retired to the post-Assad medication of President Ahmed Hussein Al-Sharaa successful July erstwhile it had sent Joint Secretary M. Suresh Kumar, successful complaint of West Asia and North Africa Division of the External Affairs Ministry to Damascus. Syria is successful request of reconstruction of indispensable infrastructure damaged by years of civilian warfare betwixt the rebels and the deposed authorities of Bashar Al Assad.
Prime Minister Modi – who was successful Jordan earlier during Monday-Tuesday for his ongoing three-nation circuit covering Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman – met with King Abdullah II and expressed communal determination to combat “terrorism, extremism and radicalisation”. The 2 dignitaries besides discussed the determination conflicts. “Prime Minister reaffirmed India’s enactment for efforts being made to execute durable bid successful the region,” a connection from the External Affairs Ministry said.
A time aft Mr. Modi reached Jordan, Mr. Jaishankar landed successful the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, wherever helium was welcomed by the Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. Mr. Jaishankar condemned the terror onslaught successful Bondi Beach of Sydney, Australia, and said, “Where India and Israel are concerned, we are some countries who person a argumentation of zero tolerance towards terrorism.”
“I besides would similar to perceive to you astir the determination situation. I privation to accidental that India supports the Gaza bid program (given by President Trump) and hopes that it volition pb to a lasting and durable solution,” said Mr. Jaishankar.
Mr. Jaishankar’s Israel sojourn has attracted attention, arsenic successful its backdrop, the Israeli Knesset passed a instrumentality to halt the activities of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees that India has assisted historically. Earlier this month, India voted successful favour of a UN General Assembly solution renewing the mandate of the UNRWA for the adjacent 3 years. The solution received enactment from 151 countries, portion 10 countries opposed it and 14 abstained. The External Affairs Ministry is yet to respond to a question successful this respect from The Hindu.
