![]() UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss visited HMS Queen Elizabeth in Mumbai on Saturday. Crown prince MBS is said to have been keen, but was overruled by his father. ![]() Saudi Arabia, which many expected would also join in, had deferred the decision as the custodian of Sunni Islam’s holiest shrines Mecca and Medina, King Salman, was being extra cautious. Before this, Israel and the Arab states, despite being neighbours, had no diplomatic ties with each other. The Abraham Accords between Israel and the UAE, and with Bahrain, worked out during Donald Trump’s term as US President has brought a sea change to the situation in West Asia. A few years ago such a quadrilateral would have been unthinkable, but since ties between Israel and Sunni Arab states have immensely improved, resulting in the signing of the Abraham Accords, this is the new reality of the region. India, US, Israel, and the UAE are together in a new economic forum with the stated aim of promoting trade, maritime and energy security, and fighting climate change. India is now part of a second quadrilateral grouping, this time in West Asia.
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