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India–Turkey Tensions Shape IMEC Route via Oman, Jordan, Israel and Greece

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25.12.2025
Image: Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.The meeting underscores Oman’s strategic role as a stable gateway linking India, the Gulf, and the Mediterranean — a key pillar in the planned IMEC trade corridor connecting Asia and Europe.Credit: X / @MEAIndia India–Turkey Tensions Are Shaping the Western Corridor via Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Greece (IMEC). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week visited India and Jordan — the southern and northern edges of the Middle East — along the route of the planned western trade corridor, IMEC. This week, Israel hosted a meeting of Mediterranean states — Israel, Greece, and Cyprus — focused on building the infrastructure that will position the Port of Haifa as the western gateway to Europe, the Port of Piraeus as Europe’s entry point, and the Port of Limassol in Cyprus as a transit hub for oil and gas pipelines on their way to Europe. During his visit, Modi signed significant economic and security agreements in Jordan and Oman, and finalized a free trade agreement between India and Oman — India’s second such agreement in the Gulf after the existing FTA with the United Arab Emirates. In parallel, India is also completing a similar trade agreement with Israel, following the visit of India’s Minister of Commerce to Israel last month. It is therefore not surprising that shortly after Modi’s visit to Muscat, Oman announced it would allow the export of marble blocks to India, ending a decade-long ban on marble exports. India will be the first beneficiary of........

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