{"id":2025701,"date":"2023-09-08T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-infrastructure-deal-linking-middle-east-to-india-may-be-announced-at-g20\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:32:24","slug":"major-infrastructure-deal-linking-middle-east-to-india-may-be-announced-at-g20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-infrastructure-deal-linking-middle-east-to-india-may-be-announced-at-g20\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible announcement of major infrastructure deal linking Middle East and India at G20."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-infrastructure-deal-linking-middle-east-to-india-may-be-announced-at-g20%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025701&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>US, Saudi Arabia, India, and Other Nations Discussing Infrastructure Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The United States, Saudi Arabia, India, and other nations are engaged in discussions about a potential\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-bill-defining-the-meaning-of-infrastructure\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans To Introduce Bill Defining The Meaning Of Infrastructure\">infrastructure deal<\/a> that \u200ccould transform\u2063 trade between \u2062the Gulf and South \u2064Asia. \u2063The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-working-to-resume-grain-exports-but-cites-russian-strikes-as-risk\/\" title=\"Ukraine Working to Resume Grain Exports But Cites Russian Strikes as Risk\">deal aims<\/a> to \u200cconnect Middle Eastern countries through railways and\u2064 link them to \u2064India via ports, according to U.S. officials familiar with the conversations.<\/p>\n<p>The talks, which also involve the United Arab Emirates and \u200dEurope, may \u200bor may not result \u2063in a\u200d concrete agreement\u200c in time for an announcement during this week&#8217;s\u2062 Group of 20 (G20) leaders meeting.<\/p>\n<p>These conversations have been ongoing for several months \u200cand remain fluid, according \u200cto\u200b one of the sources.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2062 Joe Biden is en \u2064route to the G20 conference in New Delhi, India, where he is scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and potentially \u200chold\u200c discussions\u2063 with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-infrastructure-deal-linking-middle-east-to-india-may-be-announced-at-g20\/\" title=\"Possible announcement of major infrastructure deal linking Middle East and India at G20.\">proposed multi-national\u2063 deal<\/a> for ports and railways comes at\u200d a crucial moment. As a counter to China&#8217;s Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative, Biden\u2063 is positioning the United States as an alternative partner and investor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-and-saudi-arabia-invited-to-join-anti-western-brics-coalition\/\" title=\"Iran and Saudi Arabia asked to join BRICS anti-Western coalition.\">developing\u2063 countries<\/a>, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the\u200d Biden administration\u200c is seeking a broader diplomatic agreement in the Middle East, which would involve Saudi Arabia \u200drecognizing Israel. The \u2064negotiations for this multi-country infrastructure deal\u200c were \u2064first reported by Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the diplomatic implications, officials hope that such an infrastructure deal could lead to reduced shipping times, \u200bcosts, diesel usage, and facilitate faster and cheaper trade.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia will also participate in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-wants-verifiable-proof-chinese-tennis-player-is-safe\/\" title=\"EU Wants \u2018Verifiable Proof\u2019 Chinese Tennis Player is Safe\">investment forum<\/a>, attended by\u200b India&#8217;s trade\u2063 minister\u2064 Piyush Goyal and Saudi minister of investment Khalid al-Falih, as confirmed by the organizer, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &#038; Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi \u200cArabia is also in discussions with Italy regarding \u2064a potential Saudi investment in Rome&#8217;s new strategic fund. The kingdom aims to focus\u200c on \u2064energy, sustainability, supply chains, and support to expand its presence in the country.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Steve \u200dHolland and Trevor\u2062 Hunnicutt; additional reporting by Nidhi Verma and Shivangi Acharya;\u200d editing by Heather Timmons, Jamie Freed, Philippa \u2064Fletcher)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/india\/\" title=\"View all posts in India\">India<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>other countries in the region, aim to enhance trade connectivity by establishing railways and ports, linking the Gulf and South Asia. This potential infrastructure deal is currently being discussed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, India, and other nations, as confirmed by U.S. officials familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2025702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}