Just like Quad has become a “central pillar” in Indo-Pacific, United States (US) National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that I2U2-Pengelompokan which unites India, Israel, United Arab Emirates and the US can be a feature of the Middle East region wider.Sullivan also indicated that the mechanism represented a shift in US thinking about territories that had been dominated by war and terrorism for more than two decades to the geographical vision that was more globally integrated.
Underlines the centrality of New Delhi for these two mechanisms, Sullivan calls India as “one of the largest, most strategic countries” in Indo-Pacific countries and as a country with old relations in the Middle East with a role in deepening the integration of Israel to the region to the region .On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Yair Lapid Israel, and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will participate in the first leader level i2U2 Summit. Biden is on his first trip to the region because it assumes the presidency.
Asked during his interaction with journalists on the journey of the President to Israel what was the purpose of bringing India into “so many problems”, and what the US wanted to achieve with it, Sullivan first said that India played “an important role in Indo -Pacific”.And that is one of the largest, most significant, most consequence countries in Indo-Pacific, and therefore must play a central role in our strategy, including through Quad.”
He later said that India had “a very long relationship with and involvement in the Middle East”, underlines New Delhi relations with not only Gulf countries but also with Israel.”And just like the United States can play a critical and central role in helping to deepen the integration of Israel to the region, India has a role to be played in that matter too.”
The US NSA – One of Biden’s Closest Aides who is seen as an among the architects of the administration’s india policy – then laid out the broader worldview behind the i2u2 mechanism, a recent innovation that was made about it. Various neighbors of West Asia arrived at diplomatic breakthroughs. Sullivan said I2U2 represented the US focus shift in the region.
“Uniting Israel, India, and United Arab Emirates, especially around problems where the four countries have a unique capacity to be borne by agricultural technology, which leads to greater food production, which leads to reducing food safety challenges – this is a type of thing that is Really, fulfilling the President’s vision of the Middle East which is more integrated and more global in all boards that have not only focused on problems that have been a major concern for American foreign policy makers for the past 20 years – terrorism and war. “NSA said the grouping was about” expanding partnerships, expanding geography “rather than” contracting or narrowing it “. “So, we are looking forward to the participation of Prime Minister Modi in this event.”
