{"id":4388,"date":"2023-05-09T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:26:09","slug":"indo-pak-ties-to-stay-strained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4388","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Pak ties to stay strained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_4388\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"4388\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 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KASHMIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1017\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4391\" src=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/e2-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay\/\n\">https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay\/<\/a><\/li><li><a 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href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/1106204231\/Strained-Indo-Pak-Ties-To-Stay-Opinion\n\">https:\/\/menafn.com\/1106204231\/Strained-Indo-Pak-Ties-To-Stay-Opinion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/2023\/05\/09\/indo-pak-ties-to-stay-strained\/\n\">https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/2023\/05\/09\/indo-pak-ties-to-stay-strained\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/telugustop.com\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay-opinion-latest-eng-news-1589684\">https:\/\/telugustop.com\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay-opinion-latest-eng-news-1589684<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indo-Pak ties to stay strained<\/strong><br>India taking down Pakistan at the SCO meet is indicative of changing diplomatic might of India. India will not stick to fake goody words any longer. It signals Pakistan about the need to do more to shed the tag of being a global headache on terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming soon after the recent Shanghai Cooperation Council\u2019s (SCO) Defence Ministers\u2019 Summit in New Delhi, India last week hosted the Foreign Ministers of the SCO at Goa. The common thread between these two summits was the tough posturing by India against its two neighbours Pakistan and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Goa meeting, India\u2019s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, revealed that India had twice called out China and Pakistan at the summit for violating India\u2019s sovereignty through their connectivity projects. The statement was made in response to a question on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which runs through Indian territory currently under Pakistan\u2019s illegal occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, India had sort of reprimanded the Chinese Defence Minister at the New Delhi meeting, on the issue of the stalled talks over the Line of Actual Control (LAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s critique of Pakistan<br>Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in Goa to represent Pakistan at the SCO-CFM. A visit, which happened after a 12 years gap. The last Pakistani foreign minister to visit India was Hina Rabbani Khar, when she met her Indian counterpart SM Krishna in Delhi in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, what soured the atmosphere this time in Goa, was references made by Zardari over Kashmir and Pakistan being a victim of terrorism itself. Though he also called for reviving the stalled talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India, in a strongly worded response to Pakistan\u2019s overtures for talks, said victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebutting each of the points made by Zardari, EAM S Jaishankar said he (Zardari) was \u201ca promoter, justifier and spokesperson for a terrorism industry which is the mainstay of Pakistan. The tough Indian response came after the news of death of five Indian Army soldiers in a terrorist attack near the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday, Jaishankar said Bilawal\u2019s suggestion to sit together and talk was \u201chypocritical\u201d and said India was feeling \u201coutraged\u201d by the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s stand on China<br>Jaishankar had a similar position on China whose readout on the bilateral between him and its Foreign Minister described the situation on the boundary as stable. Jaishankar said that, there is an abnormal position in the border areas. We have to take the disengagement process forward. I have made it very clear. India-China relations will not be normal if peace and tranquillity in the border areas is disturbed. This message was on the same lines as delivered by the Indian defence minister to his Chinese counterpart, a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to Zardari\u2019s diatribe, Jaishankar said Bilawal\u2019s opposition to a G-20 meeting to be held in Kashmir had no basis since Pakistan was not even a member of that grouping. On Bilawal\u2019s opening address at the SCO conference where he said the issue of terrorism should not be used to score diplomatic points, the minister said: \u201cWe are not scoring diplomatic points. We are exposing Pakistan. As a victim of terrorism, we are authorised to do so. We have put up with it. It speaks so much about the mindset of that country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asked Pakistan to \u201csmell the coffee\u201d regarding its grouse about the abrogation of Article 370 as a violation of international agreements. \u201c370 is history. Sooner the people realise it, the better.\u201d Jaishankar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian response to CPEC<br>EAM Jaishankar also took an exception at the mention of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at the SCO meeting, both by Pakistan and China. And rightly so, as SCO is a multilateral forum, not a bilateral one and further India\u2019s adversarial stand on the CPEC has been very clear from the beginning, as it passed through the PoK. India has consistently opposed the Belt and Road Initiative and CPEC, as these projects violate India\u2019s territorial integrity and sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaishankar very clearly stated that connectivity is good for progress, but connectivity cannot violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilawal\u2019s overture<br>On his part Bilawal Bhutto Zardari blamed India\u2019s Kashmir policy for the \u201cfrozen peace\u201d between India and Pakistan. The India-Pakistan relationship soured significantly after India announced the withdrawal of special powers from Jammu and Kashmir and the division of the state into two union territories in August 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India has always maintained that it wants regular neighbourly ties with Pakistan while emphasising that the onus is on Islamabad to create a safe environment for such an engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tough Indian response to both Pakistan and China, mainly stems from its exhaustion with its neighbours, who in spite of several Indian initiatives to better relations, prefer to stick with their age-old stands on the contentious issues, preferring not to respond positively to any Indian efforts in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SCO meet also showed yet again that body language speaks volumes in geopolitics and diplomacy. The distance between the two foreign ministers while posing for photographs was noticeably gaping. However, the cold Indian demeanour, a departure from customary diplomatic niceties, and continuing with its old parroting by the Pakistani minister were more targeted at their respective domestic audiences.<br>The Indian leadership in view of the forthcoming elections in Karnataka wanted to be seen as acting tough, while the Pakistani minister wanted to showcase his ability to rake-up old issues in the backdrop of the economic woes of Pakistan. But overall this posturing does not augurs well for friendly relations between the neighbours in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_4388\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"4388\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay\/ https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/2023\/05\/09\/indo-pak-ties-to-stay-strained\/ https:\/\/ians.in\/news\/opinion-commentary-news.html https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay\/ https:\/\/www.daijiworld.com\/news\/newsDisplay?newsID=1077718 https:\/\/theindianawaaz.com\/indo-pak-ties-to-remain-strained\/ https:\/\/www.socialnews.xyz\/2023\/05\/08\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay-opinion\/ https:\/\/menafn.com\/1106204231\/Strained-Indo-Pak-Ties-To-Stay-Opinion https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/2023\/05\/09\/indo-pak-ties-to-stay-strained\/ https:\/\/telugustop.com\/strained-indo-pak-ties-to-stay-opinion-latest-eng-news-1589684 Indo-Pak ties to stay strainedIndia taking down Pakistan at the SCO meet is indicative of changing diplomatic might of India. India will not stick to fake goody words any longer. It signals Pakistan about the need to do more to shed the tag of being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-articles-in-english-all"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":199,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4392,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4388\/revisions\/4392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}