In the next few days, India can be said to be quite busy, with frequent diplomatic actions and targets of the United States and Western countries, is India going to "submit a letter of submission" to the United States and the West? At the same time, Modi also received great news that India surpassed the United Kingdom in GDP to become the fifth largest economy in the world.
According to the Global Times, India's diplomacy will be frequent in the coming days. From September 5 to 6, India will chair a meeting of senior officials of the U.S.-Japan-India-Australia "Quadripartite Security Dialogue"; From September 5 to 10, India's Commerce Minister will travel to the United States to participate in bilateral trade negotiations and attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Ministerial Meeting; On September 8, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar Andeth Sultan and Defence Minister Manmohan Singh will travel to Tokyo to attend the Indo-Japan "2+2" meeting. From September 15 to 16, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Uzbekistan for the SCO Summit in Samarkand. It is not difficult to see that India's subsequent series of diplomatic activities are basically carried out with the United States and Western countries, and the so-called "four-way security dialogue" mechanism formed by the United States, Japan, India and Australia and the "Indo-Pacific economic framework" advocated by the United States have obvious purposes aimed at China, which cannot help but arouse speculation from the outside world.
It has been learned that the host country of the meeting of senior officials of the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" between the United States, Japan, India and Australia is India, and the main meeting place is set in New Delhi. According to Indian media sources, at this meeting, Modi will reach an agreement on some issues within the Quadripartite Security Talks mechanism, and at the same time, after the meeting, India will launch "2+2" talks with Japan, that is, bilateral talks between the defense minister and the foreign minister. As for India's choice to hold quadripartite security talks at this time, the outside world believes that India is conveying a message to the outside world, that is, among the three countries of China, the United States and Russia, India has chosen to further move closer to the United States. In addition, India has another meaning, that is, to play a balance between the East and the West and between China, the United States and Russia, which India regards as a concentrated embodiment of an independent and non-aligned policy. It should be noted that during India's holding of the U.S.-Japan-India-Australia Quadrilateral Security Dialogue senior officials' meeting and attending the Ministerial Meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, India also participated in the "Vostoch-2022" joint strategic exercise with Russia, China and other countries.
Perhaps it is India playing this political balance between the East and the West and between China, the United States and Russia, so that India has gradually maximized its own interests in international trade exchanges, in addition to the actions on the diplomatic stage, recently, Indian Prime Minister Modi also received a big good news. According to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund, India has surpassed the former metropolis of the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth-largest economy. Moreover, India's lead over the UK will be further expanded this year. On September 4, the Economic Research Department of the National Bank of India also made a more "bright" prediction: India will surpass Germany in 5 years, that is, in 2027, and possibly surpass Japan at its current growth rate in 2029, 7 years later, when India will become the world's third-largest economy after the United States and China.
In addition to the economic achievements that surprised the Modi government, there is also good news in the military, that is, after 17 years of construction and testing, India's first domestic aircraft carrier "Vikrant" was officially listed on September 2, local time. It is understood that the aircraft carrier is 262 meters long, 62 meters wide, and has a full load displacement of 43,000 tons. The aircraft carrier is equipped with 4 gas turbines and has a maximum speed of 28 knots. At a cost of more than Rs 200 billion, or about 17.33 billion yuan, it is the largest warship ever built in India's history.
When attending the induction ceremony of the "Vikrant" aircraft carrier on the same day, Modi said that the "Vikrant" proved our determination to promote the "self-reliant India" policy and is the pride of every Indian. Today, India is one of the few countries in the world with the most advanced defense technology. The fly in the ointment is that although the Indian media claims that more than 75% of the components of this domestic aircraft carrier are purchased in china, and the special steel used in the aircraft carrier hull is also developed by India itself, the key systems that determine the basic combat performance of the aircraft carrier are almost all foreign, such as 4 gas turbines are American products, anti-aircraft missiles and fire control radars are Israeli, and the integration of propulsion systems is Italian.