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| India-Pakistan |
| Musharraf gives signals to defuse Indo-Pak standoff: Putin |
| 2002-06-04 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday informed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he has been given "certain serious and positive signals" to defuse the ongoing Indo-Pak stand-off by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. "Respected Mr Prime Minister in the course of our discussions, I will elaborate them to you," Putin said welcoming Vajpayee at Almaty guesthouse for bilateral talks. Putin, who earlier met Musharraf, candidly told the Pakistani ruler that he has the authority of his western colleagues to convey their concerns about the prevailing situation in the Indian sub-continent. "We have had many meeting, particularly Russia-EU and Russia-NATO summits, concern was expressed at the situation. The colleagues (western leaders) had requested me to convey this concern to you," Putin told a tense looking Musharraf at the opening of their meeting televised by the Russian state TV. Perv must be feeling pretty stoopid right about now, having managed to cheese off not only India, the U.S., Russia, the E.U., and probably Samoa and Tonga. Perhaps he should take that as a hint he's doing something wrong. Sadly, his tactics to date have consisted of waiting until the dust settles a bit and then doing the same thing wrong again. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |