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Wed, 07/28/2010 - 23:15
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'World will benefit from a stable Indo-Pak relationship'
US-LD INDOPAK
Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 28 (PTI) Strongly recommending Indo-
Pak peace talks, the Obama Administration has said a stable
relationship between the two neighbours would benefit the
world and the US in particular and underlined that Islamabad
should address New Delhi's concern with regard to 26/11.
"It is important for Pakistan and India to have a
stable relationship. They, likewise, will have to have a
relationship going forward, and if it is stable, then the
world, including the US, benefits," State Department spokesman
P J Crowley told reporters at his daily news briefing.
"So we are very, very conscious of the complexity that
involves these overlapping relationships, and we've worked
hard in our dialogue with each country to try to make this a
more regional approach to a common challenge," he said.
"We have important national and global interests with
each of these countries. Our support for Afghanistan is not
taken from Pakistan. Our support for Pakistan does not mean a
negative for India," he said.
Crowley said that it is vitally important that these
countries develop reinforcing relationships; that's what the
US is trying to do.
"That's why one of the fundamental changes in the
strategy that the President approved last year was to make
sure that we are looking at this in a regional rather than
just an isolated issue. So part of the solution to Afghanistan
does, in fact, fall within the borders of Pakistan," he said.
Crowley argued that a stable Pakistan is not a threat
to India and a stable India does not need to be a threat to
Pakistan.
"In giving military assistance to Pakistan, we have
systems of accountability to be sure that it is being employed
in accordance with the agreements that we have with Pakistan,"
he said.
"Where we have questions about the nature of Pakistani
employment of US assistance, we raise those questions directly
with the Pakistani Government. We have in the past and we will
continue to do that," he said.
"So building up the capability of Pakistan to deal
with the threat within its own borders should not be seen as a
threat to India," Crowley said.
Responding to a question, Crowley said there are
concerns about making sure that Pakistan bring to justice
those responsible for the Mumbai attack.
"We've had that conversation with Pakistan and India
many, many times. Our concerns about elements within Pakistan
and connections that those elements have with the Pakistani
Government, we've had that conversation with Pakistan many
times," he said. PTI LKJ
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Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 28 (PTI) Strongly recommending Indo-
Pak peace talks, the Obama Administration has said a stable
relationship between the two neighbours would benefit the
world and the US in particular and underlined that Islamabad
should address New Delhi's concern with regard to 26/11.
"It is important for Pakistan and India to have a
stable relationship. They, likewise, will have to have a
relationship going forward, and if it is stable, then the
world, including the US, benefits," State Department spokesman
P J Crowley told reporters at his daily news briefing.
"So we are very, very conscious of the complexity that
involves these overlapping relationships, and we've worked
hard in our dialogue with each country to try to make this a
more regional approach to a common challenge," he said.
"We have important national and global interests with
each of these countries. Our support for Afghanistan is not
taken from Pakistan. Our support for Pakistan does not mean a
negative for India," he said.
Crowley said that it is vitally important that these
countries develop reinforcing relationships; that's what the
US is trying to do.
"That's why one of the fundamental changes in the
strategy that the President approved last year was to make
sure that we are looking at this in a regional rather than
just an isolated issue. So part of the solution to Afghanistan
does, in fact, fall within the borders of Pakistan," he said.
Crowley argued that a stable Pakistan is not a threat
to India and a stable India does not need to be a threat to
Pakistan.
"In giving military assistance to Pakistan, we have
systems of accountability to be sure that it is being employed
in accordance with the agreements that we have with Pakistan,"
he said.
"Where we have questions about the nature of Pakistani
employment of US assistance, we raise those questions directly
with the Pakistani Government. We have in the past and we will
continue to do that," he said.
"So building up the capability of Pakistan to deal
with the threat within its own borders should not be seen as a
threat to India," Crowley said.
Responding to a question, Crowley said there are
concerns about making sure that Pakistan bring to justice
those responsible for the Mumbai attack.
"We've had that conversation with Pakistan and India
many, many times. Our concerns about elements within Pakistan
and connections that those elements have with the Pakistani
Government, we've had that conversation with Pakistan many
times," he said. PTI LKJ
MRD
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