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2011-11-09 India-Pakistan

India, Pakistan officials meet before SAARC summit

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
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#1 ION DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN IS RUSSIA'S "MOST IMPORTANT" PARTNER IN SOUTH ASIA [+ Islamic World]: PUTIN.

IIUC, Putin = VLADVEDEV is PCorrectly hinting that AFPAK is a strategic or "core" issue for Russia, as Russia is aware that ...
> Many Pakistani Polticos, mainstream Muslims support + sympathize wid the Chechyan = Caucasus + Xinjiang Muslim insurgencies.
> India is histor a Russian Cold War ally + tarding partner, + remains important for post-Soviet Russian trade - ditto CHINA.
> RUSS FEARS RISING CHINA MORE THAN THE US, BUT A TRLATERAL SINO-PAK-INDIAN MIL CONFLICT IS NOT IN RUSS ECON OR GEOPOL INTERESTS.
> Post-2014, the US-NATO still intend to keep a mil presence in Afghanistan.
> Russia still has its historical interest in having access to the Indian Ocean vee the AFPAK corridor.
> Despite its rhetoric, Rusian covertly is interested in containing or isolating Iranian Radicalism from the Caucasus + Central Asia.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-09 22:12|| 2011-11-09 22:12|| Front Page Top

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