India's most dangerous consulate?

May 06, 2016 17:13

India has decided to open a consulate in the Kurdish-dominated northern Iraqi city of Erbil on the edge of see-saw battles two separate coalitions are waging against the Islamic State, in a rare wartime diplomatic expansion.

The move signals a foray into a conflict New Delhi has largely shunned, and represents preparations for a post-war scenario where India expects the Kurdish minority of Iraq to play a crucial role, senior officials have told The Telegraph.

A consulate in Erbil would in the short run allow India to quietly revive diplomatic attempts to rescue 39 Indians abducted by the IS in July 2014 in Mosul, now a key hub for the terror group. Erbil is the nearest large city that is not under IS control. Read more

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