2023-10-29 10:03:00
# Akhil Sivanand | akhilsivanand@mpp.co.in 29 October 2023, 03:33 PM IST
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is an international rail-shipping route connecting Asia and Europe. This was one of the key announcements at the G-20 summit held in New Delhi.
Smoke rises in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip as a result of an Israeli attack Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images
NewWhat is the connection between the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced at the G-20 summit in Delhi and the Hamas-Israel conflict? Although apparently unrelated, it was none other than the US who suggested that the IMEC project might be a factor behind Hamas’s sudden attack on Israel. The president is Joe Biden. U.S. During a press conference held in Washington with the visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the US President made a statement pointing to the cause of the sudden outbreak in West Asia. Biden suggested that one of the factors that prompted Hamas to launch a surprise attack on Israel on October 7 was the proposed economic corridor. But Biden said he had no evidence to confirm this. He said that the fear of regional integration in West Asia in favor of Israel may be the cause of the anger once the plan becomes a reality, but the plan or integration activities cannot be abandoned in the wake of the attack.
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