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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) would prove to be a big game changer like the Silk Road. An agreement for IMEC was reached during the G20 summit hosted by India last year.
In an interview, Prime Minister Modi said about IMEC, “Gulf countries have played a positive role. America and Europe have also supported India on this issue. Pictures of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden shaking hands at the G20 have surfaced. headlines around the world. According to him, when we work for the good of the world, there are no mothers and fathers. You can take the world with you and that’s what I tried to do. You tell me how the G8 and G20 came about. We should never deviate from the subjects for which they were created. I calmed everyone down. There were a few people I needed to talk to privately. I did the same. Second, my intention was not to bring the proposal in the last session. I will do it so fast that people will be surprised. Therefore, I finished the announcement work for the second day on the first day itself. That was my strategy and that strategy worked.
On the question of the handshake between Biden and Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister Modi said he was friends with both leaders. He said, we have been working on IMEC, which is going to be a big game changer like the Silk Road. The Gulf countries played a positive and active role. India has an opportunity to play a good role. America and Europe were with us. Everyone thought there would be a solid and positive result. So we used to meet about it. The Prime Minister also said, then there was an opportunity to meet the Saudi King and President Biden and I have a good friendship with both of them.
A joint agreement for IMEC was signed by India, the US, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union during the G20 summit held in New Delhi in September last year.
