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US cautions against assumptions linking Pak to Kashmir violence | |||
2014-12-07 | |||
WASHINGTON: The United States has cautioned against making any assumptions linking Pakistan to the latest violence in the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), while also brushing aside the notion that last week's meeting between Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Secretary of State John Kerry was somehow connected to the flare-up in Uri area. A State Department spokesperson,
"I think that you are conflating a couple of things. Obviously, we know the secretary and the army chief of staff had a very productive discussion on last Sunday on a range of security-related issues, and again, we are concerned about any violence in Kashmir, and I would not jump to conclusions here," Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told an Indian journalist in response to his questions at the daily briefing.
"No, I was saying - I actually was trying not to accept the premise of the question," the spokesperson emphasised, when asked if she accepted the premise in the question about who might have been behind the violence. Asked if the US does not know whether there was any Pakistani involvement, the spokesperson cautioned against any assumptions: "I would not assume anything." According to media reports, 11 Indian soldiers and six Reiterating Washington's position on addressing the Kashmir dispute, the spokesperson said: "So obviously we are concerned about any violence in Kashmir. Our policy on Kashmir has not changed. We still believe that the pace and the scope and character of India and Pakistan's dialogue on Kashmir is for those two countries to determine, of course." She also added that American embassies in both capitals, Islamabad and New Delhi, "have raised these types of incidents with their respective host governments and certainly encouraged both to continue working together on the issue." Later, a senior State Department official said the United States strongly condemns Friday's terrorist attacks in Kashmir, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians, military and police personnel. "The United States remains firmly committed to working in close partnership with India to defeat terrorism in all its forms. Our hearts go out to the families of those affected by this deplorable attack," a statement issued on Friday evening said.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#3 NAh, they just happened to be in the neighborhood, in the car with ISI. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-07 14:11 |
#2 Marie Harf: "We would suggest that Kashmir violence is more associated with the building of Jewish residences in Occupied East Jerusalem" |
Posted by: Frank G 2014-12-07 07:39 |
#1 How do you say "shut up you moron", in Hindi? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-07 07:15 |