MR. SINGH AND MR. GILANI, TOGETHER AGAIN
India Real Time, April 29, 2010
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan will meet today on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bhutan, but don’t expect the tete-a-tete to give any impetus to stalled peace talks between the frosty neighbors.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India has expended considerable political capital in the past 12 months trying to get relations with Pakistan on a firmer footing after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks led to a suspension of the peace process.
Mr. Singh’s last meeting of substance with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in July 2009, backfired when members of his own Congress party claimed India was giving up too much ground to Pakistan in its bid to push the talks forward.
Critics said Mr. Singh erred in that meeting by allowing Pakistan to bring up allegations that India is interfering in a separatist struggle in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. Some in India’s ruling Congress party say Pakistan uses the Baluchistan issue to deflect its failure to crack down on its own Islamist terrorists.
For its part, Pakistan says it has taken serious measures against Islamic militant groups blamed for the attacks on Mumbai, including arresting members of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba miltia. Now it’s time for India to reciprocate with the resumption of wide-ranging peace talks, including the issue of Baluchistan and other issues like a growing rift over shared water resources, Pakistan thinking goes.
India Real Time, April 29, 2010
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan will meet today on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bhutan, but don’t expect the tete-a-tete to give any impetus to stalled peace talks between the frosty neighbors.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India has expended considerable political capital in the past 12 months trying to get relations with Pakistan on a firmer footing after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks led to a suspension of the peace process.
Mr. Singh’s last meeting of substance with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in July 2009, backfired when members of his own Congress party claimed India was giving up too much ground to Pakistan in its bid to push the talks forward.
Critics said Mr. Singh erred in that meeting by allowing Pakistan to bring up allegations that India is interfering in a separatist struggle in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. Some in India’s ruling Congress party say Pakistan uses the Baluchistan issue to deflect its failure to crack down on its own Islamist terrorists.
For its part, Pakistan says it has taken serious measures against Islamic militant groups blamed for the attacks on Mumbai, including arresting members of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba miltia. Now it’s time for India to reciprocate with the resumption of wide-ranging peace talks, including the issue of Baluchistan and other issues like a growing rift over shared water resources, Pakistan thinking goes.
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