India urgently sought help from China for urea, and many countries in Europe and the United States were waiting to see Beijing's response. However, New Delhi turned around again!

According to reports by Bloomberg and The Indian Express on March 12 and 13, India's liquefied natural gas reserves had turned red. New Delhi promptly turned its eyes to the East. As one of the world's largest importers of urea, India urgently needed external sources to fill potential gaps. Thus, New Delhi asked China to ease restrictions on urea exports. At this time, media and observers in Europe and the United States were all ears, waiting to see how Beijing would respond to this rival's request.

But it's like a pool with only so much water; if you give more to one side, the other side naturally gets less. Industrial gas, especially the supply to petrochemical plants and power plants, was significantly reduced. Friends familiar with the agricultural supply chain know that natural gas is a key raw material for producing urea fertilizer. Once factories "run out of food," fertilizer production capacity will immediately lag behind. Although there hasn't been a large-scale shortage of fertilizers in the Indian market yet, with the spring planting season approaching, a sense of panic buying among farmers has already begun to spread.

However, at a critical moment when negotiations were ongoing and the outcome was still unclear, India unexpectedly performed an astonishing "self-contradictory" act on the diplomatic stage. On the evening of March 12, Modi also spoke with Pezeshkian. In the call, Modi expressed concern about the situation in the Middle East, civilian casualties, and infrastructure damage. To solve the problem of blocked natural gas transportation, India must rely on Iran's cooperation to ensure the passage is open.

Yet, just a day later, India joined 135 countries to launch a resolution strongly condemning Iran's attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council countries. This resolution eventually passed with 13 votes in favor and 0 against, while China and Russia chose to abstain.

This created a highly ironic situation: on one hand, in bilateral calls, India expressed concern to the Iranian president, trying to ask him to develop and guarantee the navigability of the Strait of Hormuz to resolve its own natural gas and urea raw material crisis; on the other hand, it led the condemnation of Iran's military actions in multilateral international forums, even going as far as rallying over 100 countries to pressure Tehran.

This "saying one thing and doing another" approach not only offended Iran but also worsened an already delicate diplomatic situation. Imagine, if you are asking someone to open a lifeline for you, then turning around and pointing fingers at them in an international conference—can such a deal still be made? The most ironic part is that if India can treat Iran this way, who knows what New Delhi might do after actually getting the urea?

Original: toutiao.com/article/1859605381772292/

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