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| US rejects Pakistan call to intervene in Kashmir issue |
| 2010-10-23 |
| Washington: Rejecting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's call to President Barack Obama to raise the Kashmir issue during his India visit, the United States has reiterated it's a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan. 'Kashmir is an issue that we believe needs to be resolved between Pakistan and India,' State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley told reporters Friday hours after Qureshi asked Obama to 'redeem the pledge' he made as a candidate. Smart Diplomacy™ But he did not consider it inappropriate on the part of Qureshi to raise it during the just concluded US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue 'focused on expanding our bilateral relationship.' 'When we get together the United States or Pakistan can bring forward any issue that it wishes,' Crowley said. 'The Pakistanis have raised the issue of Kashmir with us before. This is not new.' 'Our understanding of the Pakistani view of this issue is well known,' he said. 'But at the same time, the United States policy is clear: We believe that this is ultimately an issue that has to be resolved between India and Pakistan.' Asked if the US was concerned about alleged human rights violations in Kashmir which have raised tensions between Pakistan and India, Crowley said 'We obviously have great concern about the situation in Kashmir.' The US, he said, talks 'both to our Pakistani friends and our Indian friends on this issue on a regular basis' and 'would like to see the situation in Kashmir resolved.' 'There is obviously too much tension and violence in Kashmir, which is why we continue to encourage both countries to resolve it through dialogue,' Crowley said. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #3 If they really cared about Kashmir, they wouldn't have transferred the territory they took to China. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-23 11:33 |
| #2 Probably not; they still think this is an issue to be worked out between Pakistan and India, instead of telling Pakistan to GTFO of Indian territory. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-23 11:32 |
| #1 They introduced phosphorus rich food in state department cafeteria? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-23 11:28 |