Why experts see Modi as best mediator in US-Israel-Iran war
India Today
The war in Western Asia shows no signs of ending. Iran, the US, and Israel do not seem to be in a mood to negotiate. Amid this, at least two voices in geopolitical and diplomatic circles have suggested that PM Narendra Modi is best suited to mediate in the war. Here's what makes him their sought after choice.
It's been almost two weeks since the Middle East is on fire and there is no end in sight to the war between Iran, the US and Israel. No side seems to be in the mood to negotiate, and no neutral mediator has taken up the task. However, in the last two days, two voices in international diplomacy have suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is best-suited to play the role of the mediator to end the Iran war.
"To stop the US-Israel-Iran war, we need an intermediary, and preferably, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi," said a retired US military official, Colonel Douglas MacGregor, in a podcast with Tucker Carlson. MacGregor is an influential voice in America's political circles.
Before MacGregor, it was the UAE's former envoy to India, Hussain Hassan Mirza, who suggested that PM Modi was the best person to help end the war.
"A single call from PM Modi to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian leaders can stop the war," said Mirza in an exclusive interview with India Today TV.
China is the only country that has offered to mediate between the warring nations in the Iran war, but Beijing is far from neutral. The basic qualification of a mediator is impartiality. Beijing is far from being neutral, having engaged with Iran's weapons programme for decades.
On the other hand, India has never overtly supported a single country or an alliance of countries during times of war since its Independence. It has always backed a two-state solution, which is the international stand, to the Israel-Palestine problem.
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