Snubbed S M Krishna drops Iran visit

[nwmalik]

india iran love affair coming to some turbulance.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ps-Iran-visit/articleshow/5740629.cms:coffee:

 

[pmukherjee]

india iran love affair coming to some turbulance.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ps-Iran-visit/articleshow/5740629.cms:coffee:

the link does not work buddy, can you reload it or whatever?

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

Snubbed S M Krishna drops Iran visit - India - The Times of India

 

[ajpirzada]

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Snubbed S M Krishna drops Iran visit
Sachin Parashar, TNN, Mar 30, 2010, 03.52am IST

ArticleComments (48)
Tags:India|Iran|S M Krishna|IAEA

NEW DELHI: India's attempts to step up engagement with Iran on crucial regional issues, including Afghanistan, appear to have suffered a setback, with foreign minister S M Krishna calling off his visit to Tehran at the last moment amid signs of indifference on the part of the hosts.

Krishna decided not to go after the Iranians abruptly changed dates twice. It is not known if the visit will take place in the near future.

Sources revealed that Krishna reacted to Iran's wriggling out of the dates it had intimated to India for the second time by saying prior commitments prevented him from making the visit.

India refrained from taking issue with Iran, but sources said that Tehran's fickleness over the dates could result from a possible reluctance on Iran's part after India took a stand favouring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolutions against it for pressing ahead with its nuclear programme.

Manmohan's Iran visit also on hold

External affairs minister S M Krishna, an official revealed, had last month agreed to visit Tehran after receiving an invitation from his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki. In the invitation, Mottaki said he wanted Krishna to take part in Navroze celebrations. March 28 and 29 were the dates communicated for the visit.

Tehran later asked that the dates be changed to March 30 and 31. Krishna accepted and agreed to travel on the revised dates suggested by Tehran, only to find the Iranians seeking to change the dates for again, this time to March 27 and 28.

This time the foreign ministry conveyed Krishna's inability to make it on the new dates. Sources said that by the time this second change was communicated to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) by the Iranian embassy in Delhi, Krishna's visit to Singapore had already been announced. Iranian embassy officials told the MEA that they wanted the dates changed again because of Navroze celebrations on March 27 and 28.

But many are inclined to view Tehran's change of dates against the background of strained ties resulting from India's votes in favour the IAEA's censure of Iran for its nuclear programme. When India again voted in favour of the IAEA resolution last year, Mottaki had made his displeasure known to Krishna.

PM Manmohan Singh's visit to Tehran has also not materialised, even though the two sides have had it on the agenda for more than a year. India has been hoping to forge a strong alliance with Iran over the Taliban issue, as Tehran has maintained it does not believe there is any "good" Taliban, and that Taliban groups should not be allowed any role in the Kabul government in the event of a reconciliation.

However, the one important difference between the positions of the two countries is that, unlike India, Iran wants NATO troops to withdraw immediately from Afghanistan.

 

[manish123]

here is the text

Snubbed S M Krishna drops Iran visit
Sachin Parashar, TNN, Mar 30, 2010, 03.52am IST

ArticleComments (48)
Tags:India|Iran|S M Krishna|IAEA

NEW DELHI: India's attempts to step up engagement with Iran on crucial regional issues, including Afghanistan, appear to have suffered a setback, with foreign minister S M Krishna calling off his visit to Tehran at the last moment amid signs of indifference on the part of the hosts.

Krishna decided not to go after the Iranians abruptly changed dates twice. It is not known if the visit will take place in the near future.

Sources revealed that Krishna reacted to Iran's wriggling out of the dates it had intimated to India for the second time by saying prior commitments prevented him from making the visit.

India refrained from taking issue with Iran, but sources said that Tehran's fickleness over the dates could result from a possible reluctance on Iran's part after India took a stand favouring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolutions against it for pressing ahead with its nuclear programme.

Manmohan's Iran visit also on hold

External affairs minister S M Krishna, an official revealed, had last month agreed to visit Tehran after receiving an invitation from his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki. In the invitation, Mottaki said he wanted Krishna to take part in Navroze celebrations. March 28 and 29 were the dates communicated for the visit.

Tehran later asked that the dates be changed to March 30 and 31. Krishna accepted and agreed to travel on the revised dates suggested by Tehran, only to find the Iranians seeking to change the dates for again, this time to March 27 and 28.

This time the foreign ministry conveyed Krishna's inability to make it on the new dates. Sources said that by the time this second change was communicated to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) by the Iranian embassy in Delhi, Krishna's visit to Singapore had already been announced. Iranian embassy officials told the MEA that they wanted the dates changed again because of Navroze celebrations on March 27 and 28.

But many are inclined to view Tehran's change of dates against the background of strained ties resulting from India's votes in favour the IAEA's censure of Iran for its nuclear programme. When India again voted in favour of the IAEA resolution last year, Mottaki had made his displeasure known to Krishna.

PM Manmohan Singh's visit to Tehran has also not materialised, even though the two sides have had it on the agenda for more than a year. India has been hoping to forge a strong alliance with Iran over the Taliban issue, as Tehran has maintained it does not believe there is any "good" Taliban, and that Taliban groups should not be allowed any role in the Kabul government in the event of a reconciliation.

However, the one important difference between the positions of the two countries is that, unlike India, Iran wants NATO troops to withdraw immediately from Afghanistan.

The congress have insured that all of india's old friends were stepped on for their mindless pursuit of American friendship.Iran has long memories and will not forget so easily.S.M krishna should now go to his master america and cry.

 

[EjazR]

The author is jumping the gun on this. Change of dates is quite normal actually.

MMS visit to Saudi Arabia was in the works for two years, but still look at the reception he got. I wouldn't give much importance to his viewpoint. The facts are that SM Krishna's date did not match what the Iranians wanted, that's it. Obviously with his visit to China coming up soon, there was not going to be any possibility for changing dates again.

 

[Crypto]

"But many are inclined to view Tehran's change of dates against the background of strained ties resulting from India's votes in favour the IAEA's censure of Iran for its nuclear programme. When India again voted in favour of the IAEA resolution last year, Mottaki had made his displeasure known to Krishna"

i think the above is the reason not new dates! dates and schedule change all the time but are not highlighted like this.

 

[RobbieS]

"But many are inclined to view Tehran's change of dates against the background of strained ties resulting from India's votes in favour the IAEA's censure of Iran for its nuclear programme. When India again voted in favour of the IAEA resolution last year, Mottaki had made his displeasure known to Krishna"

i think the above is the reason not new dates! dates and schedule change all the time but are not highlighted like this.

The author/newspaper is just trying to relate the change of dates with other incidents.

TOI, as a source of news and views is often doubted by Pak members on this forum. You must know it was the newspaper that first published the report on David Headley giving names of serving PA officers involved in 26/11. So I say you either believe everything it says or neither. As for me, I would just wait for an official announcement from either New Delhi or Teheran.

 

[T-Faz]

To be honest zith you if this is true then India has seriously affected its foreign relations. It had a goldmine in the events recently but they seem to have messed up.

But things change and this time will also move on. I think this could be partly due to IPI pipeline negotiation that India stalled.

 

[AVADI]

When we abandoned the IPI pipe line i felt India back stabbed our Iranian friends but it was also an blessing in disguise as relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated later on and the investment made could have been a real waste of money. We should make sure that the confidence of our Iranian friends should be restored as soon as possible.

 

[RobbieS]

To be honest zith you if this is true then India has seriously affected its foreign relations. It had a goldmine in the events recently but they seem to have messed up.

But things change and this time will also move on. I think this could be partly due to IPI pipeline negotiation that India stalled.

IPI was a no brainer to start with. I'd like to knock out the ears of the smart *** bureaucrat who dreamt up the idea. You don't put your fuel supply into the hands of the enemy. I am not a war-monger but sadly that is the reality of Indo-Pak relations.

With regards to Indo-Iran relations, we are two ancient civilizations. Hopefully we will be able to get over these minor blips.