Emerging India-Saudi Arabia Relations and Implications for Pakistan

Abstract

The growing conflict between India and Pakistan, the growth of amiable ties between Saudi Arabia and India has a significant impact at the relationship of these three nations with each other. Through data and textual analysis, the research paper analyzed different patterns of relations between the respective nations and how Pakistan is impacted by Indo-Saudi relations as well as its relation with India to impact Saudi Arabia. Moreover, this paper also critically examines how the Indian inroads to the Middle East especially in Saudi Arabia is reshaping the economic, geopolitical and regional interests. It has been analyzed that the Pakistan and Saudi Arabia‟s bilateral relations were severed when back in 2015 Pakistan officially announced that the country will stay neutral, and its troops will not be part of any military conflict. However, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia asked Pakistan to send their troops to Syria to support the Saudi Arabia‟s backed freedom group. The geopolitical experts believe that this was he time when Pakistan lost its only leverage it had over Saudi Arabia. However, at last this paper concludes that Pakistan need to take concrete steps to counter the Indian policy towards Middle East and constructive measure needed to be taken straight away to mend its relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.