Soleimani killing: India urges US, Iran to maintain peace fearing regional instability, rising oil prices
India TodayIndia has asked the US and Iran to exercise "restraint" in order to avoid destabilising the region after General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed on Friday following air raids by the American forces at Baghdad's International Airport. For India the stakes remain high since it already was pushed by US sanctions into a corner in not doing business with Iran, any further escalation could put India's Chabahar project in jeopardy. Former diplomat Ranjan Mathai, who was the former foreign secretary as also the ambassador of India to Iran said, "The only inmmeditate impact would be if oil prices go up in anticipation of a conflict. Speaking to India Today TV, West Asian expert Dr. Waiel Awwad said, "If a war breaks then it will have catastrophic impact on the region as a whole.
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