In troubled waters in Qatar
The absence of hard information has encouraged some of the most outlandish speculations in sections of the Indian media
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The Ministry of External Affairs extended “absolute support” to the veterans and promised to make every effort to bring them home.
A former Indian Ambassador to Qatar has been tasked with monitoring the case from New Delhi.
This is perhaps the first instance
in five decades of Indian migration to the Gulf that any Indian nationals have been accused of involvement in a breach of local security, and their culpability deemed serious enough to warrant the death penalty.
Case details
The facts relating to the case are meagre: the eight veterans — three captains, four commanders, and a sailor — were employed with a local company, Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services.
The company, now closed down, provided training and other support services to the Qatari Navy.
The eight naval officials, in detention since August 2022, are accused of espionage.
कतर का आरोप क्या है
Some sections of the media reported that the officials disclosed to Israel the specifications of an Italian submarine that Qatar contracted to obtain from an Italian company, Fincantieri.
But this has been disputed: it has been asserted authoritatively that there is no ongoing submarine contract and no Israeli connection.
Speculation in the media
ठोस जानकारी के अभाव ने भारतीय मीडिया के कुछ हिस्सों में कुछ सबसे अजीब अटकलों को बढ़ावा दिया है, जो आम तौर पर लेखकों के राजनीतिक पूर्वाग्रहों या पूर्वाग्रहों को दर्शाते हैं।
एक दक्षिणपंथी मंच पर एक लेखक ने कतर को "आतंकवादियों के पूरे समूह" की मेजबानी करते हुए "एक खलीफा और इस्लामवादी अभयारण्य की तरह" काम करने का वर्णन किया है।
role of pakistan
Pakistani social media posts have been quoted to suggest that the Indians were arrested following a tip-off / warning from Pakistan,
while some posts on Indian social media have asserted that the naval officials have been “framed” by Pakistani agencies.
और कौन कौन से कारन हो सकते हैं
1 to brake India Israel-UAE-Saudi relations
An Indian writer has speculated that the sentence is aimed at derailing India’s closeness to the Israel-UAE-Saudi axis, though such an “axis” has yet to emerge.
2 He also believes that Qatar could be sending a cautionary American message to curtail India’s growing assertiveness in world affairs.
3 Since the death sentence was announced three weeks into the Gaza conflict, a retired Indian Army officer has speculated that the Indian government’s public hostility towards Hamas could have led to the sentence.
4 someone says , this will challenge [to] the foundations of an essentially strong relationship” that should “provoke a rethink in India about the future sustainability of this relationship”.
Qatar and western nations and relation with near country
1 We would do well to note that Qatar, though a small Gulf state, has close ties with the U.S., other western powers, and Iran and Turkey.
2 It has been in the vanguard of regional diplomacy for over two decades.
This role has been sustained by its serious and well-informed royal leadership, backed by outstanding diplomats.
3 globally doing something
its recent role in brokering U.S.-Taliban interactions in Doha, but this should not detract from the measured manner with which it approaches bilateral and regional challenges.
in the matter of case
1 close ties between India and Qatar, the results of the investigations could have been shared with the appropriate Indian officials.
2 Again, given the harsh sentences meted out, an Israeli role in the sordid imbroglio cannot be ruled out.
फिर, कठोर सज़ाओं को देखते हुए, इस घिनौने विवाद में इज़रायली भूमिका से इंकार नहीं किया जा सकता है।
3 India, take national security matters very seriously and adopt a tough posture where espionage is involved.
And, hardly ever are the full details of the investigation and the judicial process brought into the public domain.
Security issue
no link with bilateral ties with India
First, this is a stand-alone security issue and the sentences have no link with bilateral ties with India or developments in regional politics. I believe this has been fully explained to the Indian officials concerned.
Second silence the hate factories
This would be a good time to silence the hate factories in India and abroad that are feverishly contributing to expanding the communal divide at home and in our neighbourhood.
Third, our focus should be on diplomatic engagement
with Qatar on freeing the veterans, while publicly affirming the importance of our long-standing, substantial and mutually beneficial ties.
As Rudyard Kipling warned us, “If you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…”
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