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The question is no longer whether India belongs in Central Asia's strategic calculus, but whether the partnerships it is building there can outpace the pace at which that region is being reshaped by larger powers.
At the end of the third week of July 2026, trade negotiators from India and Israel quietly wrapped up four days of intensive talks at Vanijya Bhawan, a nondescript government building in the heart of New Delhi. The second round of negotiations for the proposed India-Israel Free Trade Agreement concluded on July 23, 2026, with both sides continuing to make progress toward what both governments describe as a balanced, comprehensive, and mutually beneficial deal.
