Russian President's visit to Pakistan delayed

[MM_Haider]

Actually Gandhi is respected by many world leaders hear the great Putin in his own words:

stupidity at its best... in other words you are sating that that Russian President has delayed the visit in order to celebrate gandhi's birthday... does this makes any sense?? except self delusion .. & hence i rest my case..

 

[Yeti]

stupidity at its best... in other words you are sating that that Russian President has delayed the visit in order to celebrate gandhi's birthday... does this makes any sense?? except self delusion .. & hence i rest my case..

No im just pointing out how Gandhi is respected the world over from Putin to the late Martin Luther King

 

[ajtr]

Putin just pulled the Liaqat Ali Khan on Pakistan!

Or is it that Pakistan Pulled Liaqat Ali khan on Putin as pressure tactic on USA?

 

[Bill Longley]

Summit was postponed on Putins request

whats in it that Indians are jumping and are excited ?

 

[Bill Longley]

MK Gandhi is a revered man all around the world you have your freedom because of him.

oh you mean that he was the person who was responsible for division of BHARAT VERSH

 

[Mav3rick]

He is a person who is responsible for our freedom. I don't see it as black day. But I can understand you taking our freedom for granted.

No matter what are the differences of India and Pakistan, one shouldn't forget our freedom fighters. Is it too much to ask.

When one ask what's special about this day, it the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ah.....finally, something that we can agree on. But is it not hypocritical to, on the one hand, praise and revere our freedom fighters and at the same time call other freedom fighters -> 'terrorists'?

 

[Bill Longley]

Even if Putin does visit Pakistan in future I dont think there is much to read into it. India - Russia ties wouldnt be affected by these visits. Chinese president visited India recently does that mean China has come closer to India than Pakistan ?? lets understand every country thinks business including russia and china,thus there are many more factors involved behind these visits than we usually expect.

there is no permanent friend or enemy in international relations. alliences are made on basis of common /convergence intrests . so I belive at present Russia is trying to regain its position as key players in world chess board and Pakistan is an important strategically situated country. If Pakistan and Russia comes in some allience, due to comparatively having many times more national Power Russia will benifit more strategically then Pakistan. In either case best thing for pakistan would be that Pakistan should go for neutrality and non alinement .

 

[Mav3rick]

But pakistanis here are demanding and hoping Sams like s-300,s-400 and other military hardware

Not really, we already have HQ-9B (FD-2000) systems that were acquired 2-4 years back from China. FD/FT-2000 systems are the latest Chinese variants of S-300 systems.

 

[Bill Longley]

Not really, we already have HQ-9B (FD-2000) systems that were acquired 2-4 years back from China. FD/FT-2000 systems are the latest Chinese variants of S-300 systems.

can indians think out of greed?

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Not really, we already have HQ-9B (FD-2000) systems that were acquired 2-4 years back from China. FD/FT-2000 systems are the latest Chinese variants of S-300 systems.

Source?

HQ-9 nowhere seems to be present in the arms transfers:

Transfers of major conventional weapons: sorted by supplier. Deals with deliveries or orders made for year range 2007 to 2011
Note: The &#8216;No. delivered/produced&#8217; and the &#8216;Year(s) of deliveries&#8217; columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the weapon system are listed separately. The &#8216;Comments&#8217; column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/at_data.html>. The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is continuously updated as new information becomes available.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 27 September 2012


Supplier/ Year Year(s) No.
recipient (R) No. Weapon Weapon of order/ of delivered/
or licenser (L) ordered designation description licence deliveries produced Comments


China
R: Pakistan (6) AS-565SA Panther ASW helicopter 2005 2009-2010 (6) Z-9EC version
(70) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile (2005) 2009-2011 (50) For Jiangwei (F-22P) frigates
(100) R-440 Crotale SAM (2005) 2009-2011 (60) For Jiangwei (F-22P) frigates; HQ-7 (FM-80) version
(600) PL-12/SD-10 BVRAAM (2006) 2010-2011 (175) For JF-17 and possibly modernized Mirage-3/5 combat aircraft
(900) PL-5E SRAAM (2006) 2009-2011 (310) For JF-17 combat aircraft; PL-5E-II version
(12) A-100 300mm Self-propelled MRL (2008) 2010 (12)
(50) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile (2008) 2010-2011 (30) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(750) LS-3 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2011 (150) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(750) LS-6 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2011 (300) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(750) LT-2 Guided bomb (2008) 2010-2011 (150) For JF-17 combat aircraft
(2) SLC-2 Arty locating radar (2008) 2010 (2) For use with A-100 MRL
(100) WMD-7 Aircraft EO system (2008) 2009-2011 (45) For JF-17 combat aircraft
4 ZDK-03 AEW&C aircraft 2008 2011 (1) USD278 m deal
(30) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile (2010) For Azmat FAC

L: Pakistan . . Red Arrow-8 Anti-tank missile 1989 1990-2011 (20850) Pakistani designation Baktar Shikan
. . QW-1 Vanguard Portable SAM (1993) 1994-2011 (1550) Pakistani designation Anza-2
(300) Type-90-2/MBT-2000 Tank (1998) 2001-2011 (248) MBT-2000 (Al Khalid or P-90) version
(150) JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft 1999 2007-2011 (50) Developed for Pakistan; incl production of components and assembly in Pakistan; incl 8 mainly for testing and first 42 production version ordered 2009 for $800 m
27 K-8 Karakorum-8 Trainer/combat ac 2005 2007-2010 27 K-8P version
4 Type-053H/Jiangwei Frigate 2005 2009-2010 3 $500-750 m deal; F-22P version; incl 1 produced in Pakistan; Pakistani designation Zulfiquar, delivery 2009-2013
2 Azmat FAC 2010 Incl 1 produced in Pakistan; delivery 2012
6 Type-041/Yuan Submarine (2011) Designation uncertain; contract probably not yet signed

 

[Safriz]

well if he was coming to attend a conference,it was of no use to Pakistan anyway...

 

[prabhakar]

putin trolled pakistan...

 

[airmarshal]

I m glad Indians are soo happy. their insecurity is showing through each and every post.

MK Gandhi is a revered man all around the world you have your freedom because of him.

No thanks not at all. Keep your Mahamta to yourself. He was a double faced buniya. We had our freedom because of our leaders.

 

[Malik Usman]

In international parlance postponing a visit means cancelling it, moreover the visit is 'postponed' for an indefinite period.

Seems Indian pressure worked!

Some peoples are really happy here.....and they are showing how much they were burning inside from this visit.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Islamabad: President Vladimir Putin has called off a scheduled visit to Islamabad, leading to the postponement of a quadrilateral summit of Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Afghanistan planned for next month, officials said thursday.

Putin was expected to arrive in Pakistan on October 2 for a two-day visit that was being projected by Pakistani officials as an opportunity to reset bilateral ties, which have been strained since the days of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Officials said Putin had cancelled the visit without giving any reasons. No fresh date for a visit was announced.

A statement issued by Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan said the quadrilateral summit of Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, which was planned in Islamabad during October 2-3, was "being rescheduled."

"New summit dates will be worked out after seeking convenience of the respective leaders through diplomatic channels," Khan said.

In a letter sent to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Putin expressed his eagerness to "jointly enhance our efforts to further develop Russian-Pakistani ties and advance mutually beneficial trade and economic projects," the statement said.

Putin wrote in the letter: "I am confident that in future we shall be able to find opportunities for arranging our personal meeting. We shall always be happy to receive you in Russia."

There was speculation that Putin's decision to cancel his visit could be linked to Pakistan's reluctance to award the work of building its section of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to Russian energy giant Gazprom.

The chief of the Russian firm had recently visited Pakistan and made presentations to the Foreign Ministry and other departments.

However, Gazprom had wanted the project to be awarded to it without bidding, something that Pakistan is reluctant to do.

Russia had made a proposal in this regard when Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar visited Russia earlier this year.

Pakistani officials have said such a step would violate the rules of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority.

A consortium headed by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has already refused to provide financial advisory services for the Iran-Pakistan project, mainly because of US opposition.

Putin calls off Pak visit