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26 Sep, 2010, 01.42AM IST,ET Bureau
India willing to discuss all issues with Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India has said that the high-decibel rhetoric of the past few days not withstanding, it was ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan. External affairs minister SM Krishna, however, made it clear that there will be no third-party intervention on the issue of Kashmir. The minister also stressed that as a victim of terror attacks, India is concerned about terrorist activity in the Pakistani territory; “this is a core issue for India”.
This move by India comes after Pakistan made several attempts to draw in the United States into the Kashmir issue. Islamabad sought to revive the now discredited theory of Kashmir being the “root cause of terrorism” after US President Barack Obama said that the cancer of terrorism was squarely in Pakistan and had to be contained there.
India stressed that it was ready to discuss all issues that both countries wanted to discuss.
Mr Krishna said that “everything that they want to discuss and everything we want to discuss with them will be discussed” during Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s possible visit to India for talks. The external affairs minister was reacting to Pakistani foreign minister’s remarks seeking US intervention in Kashmir and the Pakistani foreign office statement that there could be no result-oriented discussions with India until it stops treating Kashmir as its integral part.
New Delhi has stressed that talks between the two countries had not been abandoned. “I was in Islamabad and we did talk and I have invited Excellency Qureshi to come to India and he has very graciously accepted my invitation. I am looking forward to hosting him in Delhi... and the dates have to be worked out,” he said.
Pakistan has welcomed India’s move on dialogue. The Pakistani Foreign Office in response said that Islamabad has always stressed on “fruitful and unqualified negotiations”. A foreign office spokesperson said that Pakistan never made the dialogues with India conditional and always stressed on the resolution of Kashmir issue through bilateral talks. “Pakistan wants continuity of negotiations with India and these should be composite and fruitful as well,” the spokesperson said.
New Delhi has consistently stated that as neighbours, India and pakistan “don’t have the luxury of maintaining irresolvable distances”. New Delhi has also been of the view that dialogue was the only way forward. This is the view that was reiterated by the external affairs minister from New York. “India wants to keep Pakistan engaged in talks because we do not see any other alternatives...Talks are the only way to take this forward,” Mr Krishna said.
The minister underscored that there would be no third party intervention. “India has consistently rejected the idea of third-party intervention. I think when we are talking to each other, intervention by any other country may not be that appropriate... Well if you were not on talking terms at all, then perhaps intervention by third countries could have been helpful but here the case is quite different,” Mr Krishna said.
New Delhi made is clear that it was not abandoning the dialogue process. “We are talking and we will continue to talk and the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that engaging with Pakistan is one of our concerns and we will certainly keep talking to them,” the external affairs minister said.
Mr Krishna took the opportunity to remind that terror attacks emanating from Pakistan was a cause of concern for India, as it is a victim. “Terror is one of our core issues and after the attack on Mumbai, we have drawn Pakistan’s attention to the follow-up that needs to be done by them in terms of bringing (to book) all those culprits or the conspirators, the brains behind that heinous crime on not only India but on humanity itself.
I think they should hasten the process... well they have arrested a few and then there are a large number of them who are still at large and I hope Pakistan will show its seriousness in pursuing this,” the external affairs minister said.
On the possibility of a meeting with Mr Qureshi in New York, the external affairs minister said, “there are a number of multilateral meetings where both of us will be participating... that will give me a chance to interact with him. We ran into each other yesterday and them United Nations is the forum which itself is meant for such meetings.” The two foreign ministers had a “chance encounter” on Thursday at the UN, where they greeted each other warmly and spoke about the floods in Pakistan.
Indian diplomats are yet to confirm any bilateral meeting between the two ministers here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, but a senior diplomat from Pakistani claimed that a meeting had been cleared by both ministries and was expected to take place early next week. Mr Krishna is in New York till September 29 while Mr Qureshi till September 30.
Over the past few days, there has been a volley of high decibel rhetoric on Kashmir. Mr Qureshi has raised the issue of Kashmir several times and called for international intervention. At a gathering at the Asia Society in New York, the Pakistan foreign minister described Kashmir as a “festering sore of South Asia”.
He called for a third-party intervention saying that “the United States, as the world leader, has special responsibility towards finding a just and peaceful solution of Kashmir.” A statement that he later toned down suggesting that the US could play a “facilitating role”. Mr Qureshi amended his comment saying, “I know India is allergic to third party intervention.... They (US) can play a facilitating role but ultimately... we have to see what Kashmiris want.”
This was responded to by India by asking Pakistan to ”vacate” its “illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir” In a strongly worded response, Mr Krishna said, “The government of India is fully conscious about its responsibilities. There are institutional mechanisms and individual mechanisms, which will be put in place so that the genuine grievances of the people of Kashmir will be addressed.”
India willing to discuss all issues with Pakistan - The Economic Times
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/09/26/india-ready-to-discuss-jk-issue-with-pak-krishna.html
India willing to discuss all issues with Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India has said that the high-decibel rhetoric of the past few days not withstanding, it was ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan. External affairs minister SM Krishna, however, made it clear that there will be no third-party intervention on the issue of Kashmir. The minister also stressed that as a victim of terror attacks, India is concerned about terrorist activity in the Pakistani territory; “this is a core issue for India”.
This move by India comes after Pakistan made several attempts to draw in the United States into the Kashmir issue. Islamabad sought to revive the now discredited theory of Kashmir being the “root cause of terrorism” after US President Barack Obama said that the cancer of terrorism was squarely in Pakistan and had to be contained there.
India stressed that it was ready to discuss all issues that both countries wanted to discuss.
Mr Krishna said that “everything that they want to discuss and everything we want to discuss with them will be discussed” during Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s possible visit to India for talks. The external affairs minister was reacting to Pakistani foreign minister’s remarks seeking US intervention in Kashmir and the Pakistani foreign office statement that there could be no result-oriented discussions with India until it stops treating Kashmir as its integral part.
New Delhi has stressed that talks between the two countries had not been abandoned. “I was in Islamabad and we did talk and I have invited Excellency Qureshi to come to India and he has very graciously accepted my invitation. I am looking forward to hosting him in Delhi... and the dates have to be worked out,” he said.
Pakistan has welcomed India’s move on dialogue. The Pakistani Foreign Office in response said that Islamabad has always stressed on “fruitful and unqualified negotiations”. A foreign office spokesperson said that Pakistan never made the dialogues with India conditional and always stressed on the resolution of Kashmir issue through bilateral talks. “Pakistan wants continuity of negotiations with India and these should be composite and fruitful as well,” the spokesperson said.
New Delhi has consistently stated that as neighbours, India and pakistan “don’t have the luxury of maintaining irresolvable distances”. New Delhi has also been of the view that dialogue was the only way forward. This is the view that was reiterated by the external affairs minister from New York. “India wants to keep Pakistan engaged in talks because we do not see any other alternatives...Talks are the only way to take this forward,” Mr Krishna said.
The minister underscored that there would be no third party intervention. “India has consistently rejected the idea of third-party intervention. I think when we are talking to each other, intervention by any other country may not be that appropriate... Well if you were not on talking terms at all, then perhaps intervention by third countries could have been helpful but here the case is quite different,” Mr Krishna said.
New Delhi made is clear that it was not abandoning the dialogue process. “We are talking and we will continue to talk and the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that engaging with Pakistan is one of our concerns and we will certainly keep talking to them,” the external affairs minister said.
Mr Krishna took the opportunity to remind that terror attacks emanating from Pakistan was a cause of concern for India, as it is a victim. “Terror is one of our core issues and after the attack on Mumbai, we have drawn Pakistan’s attention to the follow-up that needs to be done by them in terms of bringing (to book) all those culprits or the conspirators, the brains behind that heinous crime on not only India but on humanity itself.
I think they should hasten the process... well they have arrested a few and then there are a large number of them who are still at large and I hope Pakistan will show its seriousness in pursuing this,” the external affairs minister said.
On the possibility of a meeting with Mr Qureshi in New York, the external affairs minister said, “there are a number of multilateral meetings where both of us will be participating... that will give me a chance to interact with him. We ran into each other yesterday and them United Nations is the forum which itself is meant for such meetings.” The two foreign ministers had a “chance encounter” on Thursday at the UN, where they greeted each other warmly and spoke about the floods in Pakistan.
Indian diplomats are yet to confirm any bilateral meeting between the two ministers here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, but a senior diplomat from Pakistani claimed that a meeting had been cleared by both ministries and was expected to take place early next week. Mr Krishna is in New York till September 29 while Mr Qureshi till September 30.
Over the past few days, there has been a volley of high decibel rhetoric on Kashmir. Mr Qureshi has raised the issue of Kashmir several times and called for international intervention. At a gathering at the Asia Society in New York, the Pakistan foreign minister described Kashmir as a “festering sore of South Asia”.
He called for a third-party intervention saying that “the United States, as the world leader, has special responsibility towards finding a just and peaceful solution of Kashmir.” A statement that he later toned down suggesting that the US could play a “facilitating role”. Mr Qureshi amended his comment saying, “I know India is allergic to third party intervention.... They (US) can play a facilitating role but ultimately... we have to see what Kashmiris want.”
This was responded to by India by asking Pakistan to ”vacate” its “illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir” In a strongly worded response, Mr Krishna said, “The government of India is fully conscious about its responsibilities. There are institutional mechanisms and individual mechanisms, which will be put in place so that the genuine grievances of the people of Kashmir will be addressed.”
India willing to discuss all issues with Pakistan - The Economic Times
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/09/26/india-ready-to-discuss-jk-issue-with-pak-krishna.html
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