Ansari on India’s Iran vote: Did we have to be a surrogate’s surrogate?
On India’s vote against Iran at the IAEA: “How and at what stage did India get involved in carrying messages? Were we approached; if so, by whom and for what purpose?...What did we hope to gain from it? Did we calculate the implications of a failure for Indo-Iranian relationship?..The crude game for domination was played by US with the EU acting as an American surrogate. Was it necessary for us to become a surrogate’s surrogate? How often would we be asked to take the fidelity test?” Outlook, October, 2005