With Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Amman calling for an India-Jordan collaboration for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Syria, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Tel Aviv expressing India’s support for the Trump peace plan for Gaza, India on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) reiterated its willingness to play an important role in the fast-evolving scenario in West Asia.
ALSO WATCH Watch: PM Modi meets King Abdullah II in Jordan to boost trade, digital ties and infrastructure collaboration
Speaking at the India-Jordan Business Forum, Prime Minister Modi said King Abdullah II had shared his vision of developing railways and “next-generation infrastructure” in Jordan and added, “During our meeting yesterday, His Majesty also highlighted the infrastructure reconstruction needs in Syria. Indian and Jordanian companies can collaborate to address these requirements together.”
India had reached out to the post-Assad administration of President Ahmed Hussein Al-Sharaa in July when it had sent Joint Secretary M. Suresh Kumar, in charge of West Asia and North Africa Division of the External Affairs Ministry to Damascus. Syria is in need of reconstruction of essential infrastructure damaged by years of civil war between the rebels and the deposed government of Bashar Al Assad.
