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The Damascus deal ; As India rolled out the red carpet for Syrian President Bashar Al- Assad on June 17, the compulsions to woo its Left allies weighed heavily on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Diplomacy is often about tightrope walking.

As India rolled out the red carpet for Syrian President Bashar Al- Assad on June 17, the compulsions to woo its Left allies weighed heavily on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The big deliverable from Assad's five-day visit was to flaunt UPA's credentials of having an independent foreign policy.

The 41-year-old opthalmologist-turned politician's visit assumes significance as it comes after five years of being put on cold storage.

Earlier, Delhi had not wanted to disturb its own strategic arithmetic with the US, especially in the season of the nuclear deal.

India adopted a hands-off approach towards Damascus given Syria's dodgy nuclear programme, ...

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