Qatar came under attack by the Saudi-led grouping +action against Qatar +Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE severed ties with Qatar on Monday and moved to cut off land, sea and air routes to the energy-rich nation, accusing it of supporting regional terror groups and Iran. This has been a problem for India but India has held its nose.But India takes over 90 per cent of its natural gas import from Qatar. In addition, Qatar is in the process of building a domestic airine in India. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand is among the top suppliers of oil to India. However, US' forward base of its CENTCOM is stationed in Qatar since 2003 when it was tossed out by Saudi Arabia.

Source: Times of India June 05, 2017 15:03 UTC