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13 March 2025

WANA is an official term used by the Government of India to refer to the West Asia and North Africa region. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India has a dedicated WANA Division that handles "all matters relating to Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Jordan and Tunisia".

India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry also has a WANA Division that deals with India's trade relations with 19 countries in this region, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya and South Sudan.

The term is formally recognized in diplomatic contexts, as evidenced by the first India-France Consultations on West Asia and North Africa Region held on April 12, 2022, where Dr. Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit, Joint Secretary (WANA), MEA, represented India.

According to Indian foreign policy framework, the WANA region encompasses all Arab nations as well as South Sudan, with North Africa being considered a direct extension of the Middle East.

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