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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Rasheed Khalid
Islamabad
Afghanistan provides Pakistan pivotal on which Pakistan can base its Russian, US and Indian policies, said Institute of Strategic Studies Director General Tanvir Ahmad Khan while addressing the 2-day workshop on Great powers in South Asia: implications for Pakistan organised by Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, here on Monday.
Khan said that Russians are awakening and one cannot predict. Russia knows that nothing can be done in Afghanistan without Pakistan. Now Moscow can play Islamabad card, he said. He said that Russia will not do anything that annoys New Delhi. He said that Russians normalised their ties with US but faced difficulty in convincing Europeans to agree to a red line beyond which Nato should not go. He said that a huge military-industrial complex had merged in Russian Federation also. He said that 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty neutralised China.
Former ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi said that potential of three million middle class in India and a powerful Indian lobby in US increases its influence on Washington. He quoted a strategist that US strategic policies in South Asia and oil-rich Middle East are linked with each other by a US success in the subcontinent. He said that Twin-Tower incident brought Pakistan into centre stage.
Zhou Rong, correspondent of Chinese Guang Ming Daily, said that Chinese relations with India are normal meaning not bad. He said that Pakistan paved the way for Sino-US relations and it was the country that suffered the burden of Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. He said that Chinese people will never forget the role of Pakistan. He said that Sino-Pak relations are better than Beijings relations with any other country or region be it US, Japan, Europe, India or Russia.
He included Burma and Bangladesh also in the list saying Pakistan is the best friend of China in the world. He said we trust Islamabad more than any other capital. He said Indian policy is very important for China but India is not sincere whereas Pakistan is very sincere. He said China does not recognise hegemony of any country in South Asia.
Former foreign secretary Akram Zaki said that China is concerned over Indo-US nuclear deal. Chinese believe that unipolar world is no longer there after US entry into Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that China is taking interest in South and Southeast Asia.
Dr Rifaat Hussain, Chairperson of DSS Department, said that regional security in South Asia has become synonymous with global security because of implications. He said that except Israel, South Asia is the only region where all nuclear powers are interacting.
China trusts Islamabad more than any other capital
Rasheed Khalid
Islamabad
Afghanistan provides Pakistan pivotal on which Pakistan can base its Russian, US and Indian policies, said Institute of Strategic Studies Director General Tanvir Ahmad Khan while addressing the 2-day workshop on Great powers in South Asia: implications for Pakistan organised by Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, here on Monday.
Khan said that Russians are awakening and one cannot predict. Russia knows that nothing can be done in Afghanistan without Pakistan. Now Moscow can play Islamabad card, he said. He said that Russia will not do anything that annoys New Delhi. He said that Russians normalised their ties with US but faced difficulty in convincing Europeans to agree to a red line beyond which Nato should not go. He said that a huge military-industrial complex had merged in Russian Federation also. He said that 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty neutralised China.
Former ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi said that potential of three million middle class in India and a powerful Indian lobby in US increases its influence on Washington. He quoted a strategist that US strategic policies in South Asia and oil-rich Middle East are linked with each other by a US success in the subcontinent. He said that Twin-Tower incident brought Pakistan into centre stage.
Zhou Rong, correspondent of Chinese Guang Ming Daily, said that Chinese relations with India are normal meaning not bad. He said that Pakistan paved the way for Sino-US relations and it was the country that suffered the burden of Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. He said that Chinese people will never forget the role of Pakistan. He said that Sino-Pak relations are better than Beijings relations with any other country or region be it US, Japan, Europe, India or Russia.
He included Burma and Bangladesh also in the list saying Pakistan is the best friend of China in the world. He said we trust Islamabad more than any other capital. He said Indian policy is very important for China but India is not sincere whereas Pakistan is very sincere. He said China does not recognise hegemony of any country in South Asia.
Former foreign secretary Akram Zaki said that China is concerned over Indo-US nuclear deal. Chinese believe that unipolar world is no longer there after US entry into Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that China is taking interest in South and Southeast Asia.
Dr Rifaat Hussain, Chairperson of DSS Department, said that regional security in South Asia has become synonymous with global security because of implications. He said that except Israel, South Asia is the only region where all nuclear powers are interacting.
China trusts Islamabad more than any other capital
