US urges India, Pakistan to resume talks soon
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WASHINGTON: Expressing disappointment at the cancellation of the proposed talks between the National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan, the United States has urged the two neighbours to resume formal dialogue soon.
“We are disappointed the talks will not happen this weekend and encourage India and Pakistan to resume formal dialogue soon,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby.
The US official, however, noted that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi did have a “constructive interaction” in the Russian town of Ufa, last month.
“We were encouraged by the constructive interaction between the leaders of India and Pakistan earlier this year at Ufa, particularly the announcement of dialogue between the countries’ National Security Advisers,” Mr Kirby said.
On Saturday evening, Pakistan called off the NSA-level talks scheduled for Sunday, after Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj warned the Pakistani delegation not to meet Kashmiri leaders during their presence in New Delhi.
Pakistan had earlier reiterated its offer to attend the talks without any pre-conditions.
Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2015
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Aug 24, 2015 06:53am
Not going to happen. Both gov. have big egos....
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Aug 24, 2015 07:35am
US must press on UN resolutions on Kashmir, else don't bother.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:03am
USA has always urged both countries to resolve their issues by bilateral talks as per Shimala agreement.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:08am
@Rohit Sharma - "USA has always urged both countries to resolve their issues by bilateral talks as per Shimala agreement."
Shimla agreement took place in the 70s. There was a UN resolution passed years before that where India was urged to provide the right of self determination to the people of Kashmir. India always forget the UN resolution very conveniently.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:43am
@AXH Yes we consider the latest agreement. How can we consider old agreement.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:45am
You can bring a horse to a watering pool but you cant make it drink.
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Aug 24, 2015 09:03am
@Rohit Sharma Simla agreement also says issue of Jammu and Kashmir be resolved as per the UN resolutions.
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Aug 24, 2015 09:04am
@Shaukat Ali Khan Don't worry about Kashmir. Neither Pakistan, US, EU, UN...No one will be able to get India to budge on its Kashmir stance. 60 years and 3 generations have passed, not to mention millions of dollars spent in arms, millions of dollars lost in property damage and millions of lives lost on both sides. Your Kashmir obsession is the biggest reason for your foreign policy failures and the general negative image of Pakistan in the world. Do yourself a favour, forget Kashmir! There are way more important things that can be discussed which can help people from both countries.
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Aug 24, 2015 09:14am
@AXH not sure if you understand basics. The new agreement supersedes old one.
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Aug 24, 2015 09:28am
India is ready for talks as said officially said by Foreign Minister.
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Aug 24, 2015 09:46am
@AXH that is under rule 6 which doesn't make plebiscite mandatory. .if it was under rule 7 it would be mandatory ...Even UN can't force please rend this
...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir
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Aug 24, 2015 10:14am
PM NS take over the situation or else it will be jeopardized. Move step by step, one by one.
The ongoing spat happening since long has got to stop. Do what is right and good for the country.
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Aug 24, 2015 10:27am
@Shaukat Ali Khan Kashmir dispute is now not in the list of UN and US
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Aug 24, 2015 11:36am
@Indian Bhai Both?
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Aug 24, 2015 12:43pm
One thing is common from both sides that Both wants Talks , yes there are some serious hurdle but for the first time in history both countries are saying one Big common thing that Both want Talks and Both want peace and prosperity all over :)
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Aug 24, 2015 01:19pm
What India achieve with these talks? What is the need for India to talk ?
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Aug 24, 2015 01:30pm
No talks are possible before punishment of perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai.It is always reiterated that India doesn't give concrete proof in the case.Logically the attack was orchaestrated in pakistan so how will anyone find the proofs in India.It is responsibility of pakistany agencies to find concrete proof.
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Aug 24, 2015 02:00pm
Read this and comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_47
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Aug 24, 2015 02:01pm
If both want peace, there should be no preconditions!
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Aug 24, 2015 02:04pm
i like the status quo.
india should get on with relating with other part of the region
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Aug 24, 2015 02:05pm
@Nomi no. Shimla agreement says that it is bilateral issued to be decided between India and Pak only
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Aug 24, 2015 02:52pm
Has anybody here cared to read about UN resolutions? Did you try to understand what are the first steps, and that should come from one and only Pakistan??
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Aug 24, 2015 03:17pm
@Nomi : Please read Shimla agreement carefully. It mentioned that Kashmir is no longet disputed territory and India and Pakistan has to resolve it by mutual understanding.
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Aug 24, 2015 03:21pm
@AXH. Always latest treat prevails. On signing of Shimla agreement UN Resolution became null and void. Hence UN or International community not voicing a single word about it.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:04pm
@Kiran I think you are not aware of the dynamics developments in the region which make regional countries inter-dependent.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:09pm
@Shaukat Ali Khan
The UN resolution is like a coin - it has two sides.
Are the both sides acceptable?
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Aug 24, 2015 04:37pm
The US has its own problems; it can barely end the wars it started and has made a mess in so many places. Better for them to mind their own business.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:38pm
There is no point in talking with Pak any more, India should seal the LOC and all the borders increase the vigilance and march towards the growth... thats the best thing.. anyways US is going to stop the AID soon.. India Just need to sit back and watch as Pak suffocates due to their failure in boosting their economy no need to do anything.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:49pm
@AXH bhai mere, I would advise you to read the facts correctly and do not put half facts. UN resolution was made in 1948. And Shimala agreement was done in 1971. As per UN rules, the UN resolution is overruled if both parties come up with their own resolution. Therefore, Shimal agreement is the only solution left. In fact, in recent list of outstanding issue of UN, UN delist Kashmir in that list. Please google it or ready it from authenticate source like UN website or Wikipedia.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:50pm
@Nomi He he.. Shimal agreement says that Kashmir issue will be resolved between India and Pakistan and there would be no third party. This mean no UN, no Separatist civilians from India.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:51pm
Urge is always a boogie call from USA
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Aug 24, 2015 04:57pm
@Nomi No Shimla agreement says issue to be resolved bilaterally.
So NO SCOPE for third party.
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Aug 24, 2015 05:09pm
@AXH ....UN resolution has been removed from the UN list of disputed territories as both India and Pakistan did not follow the required rules. As per UN both India and Pak are required to pull out their armies to allow for a fair plebiscite. Pakistan did not agree for this.
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Aug 24, 2015 05:17pm
Comparison, Who is with"+/-" due to failure of NAS meet.
1. It doesn't make difference to IND coz it don't effect much to Indian economy. India's export is already 15 times than PAK export (base on 2013-2014 data) (IND 1, PAK 0)
2. Cross border firing effects both so, cease fire doesn't mean benefit India alone. (IND 1, PAK 1)
3. If, peace being created among both definitely PAK would be at max benefit, it will boost its economy. More export from PAK (IND 1, PAK 0)
4. PAK face more terrorist attack than India. (IND 1, PAK 0)
5. Threat of nuclear war is very rare
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Aug 24, 2015 05:20pm
If Pak want to solve the K issue, then it has to bend rules.. Come to talks and discuss.. and slowly build the trust. It must be also willing to sacrifice its part of Kashmir (both Pak and India can not get Kashmir land from China anyway).
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Aug 24, 2015 05:24pm
@AXH If a person writes a Will one year and re-writes it the following year, which Will is legally binding?
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Aug 24, 2015 05:28pm
@Rohit Sharma - Ok, let's talk based on "Shimala agreement done in 1971 [1972 actually but I will let you off there]", without dictating a nation with preconditions.
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Aug 24, 2015 06:03pm
@AXH UN resolution was none-binding for one and second Kashmir is no longer considered disputed territory by UN. Shimala agreement was signed by both Pakistan and India and therefor must be followed. If agreements signed by both governments are not adhere to no sense in making new agreements.
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Aug 24, 2015 06:06pm
@Kiran Who gifted that land to China??
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Aug 24, 2015 06:37pm
We are also disappointed that you are not speaking to Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and many more!!!
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Aug 24, 2015 06:42pm
@bittertruth That's your instinct problem, whoever snatched land from you you forget, like Pakistan occupied half of Kashmir or China grabbed vast area in Himachal Pradesh and you don't bother but we want the rest as well that matters us because of our stand
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Aug 24, 2015 06:43pm
Let Pakistan get the 1/3rd of Kashmir it gifted to China first. Does India looks like a fool to Pakistanis that they can do whatever they want? Anyone from Kashmir who wants to join Pakistan, there is already land allocated by Pakistan. And that is called AJK.
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Aug 24, 2015 06:49pm
@Kiran agreement through talks can relieve 7 lakh Indian army men from Kashmir which can hugely reduce your defence budget, second India can have easy land access to central and west Asia, third India can reciprocally increase business in Pakistan, fourth there would be tension free established boundary with Pakistan. All these advantages can provide a bouncing socioeconomic progress both in India and Pakistan.
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Aug 24, 2015 06:52pm
@Rohit Sharma , UN resolution will prevail in the end.
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Aug 24, 2015 06:54pm
Delays in the talks harm India more than Pakistan.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:54pm
@bittertruth
It is the Kashmiris who want freedom from India, Sir. Pakistan is only providing moral, political, and diplomatic support and that will continue till Kashmiris get their right of self determination. Terrorism in Pakistan is due courtesy of India through RAW.
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Aug 24, 2015 10:27pm
@Bol yes sir. Both gov have ego issues.
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Aug 25, 2015 09:15am
When two kitty cats are fighting for a bread , an intelligent , naughty Monkey interfered to solve the issue but escapes with the bread leaving two cats with nothing. Guess who is what .
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