The Diplomatic stalemate between India & Pakistan broke in
the Egyptian city of Sharm-el-Sheikh, but it wasnt without hiccups and
irony. Clearly the meeting of Yekaterinburg showed the world media that how
blatant can an Indian prime Minister be,as in-"Islamabad must ensure that
its soil is not used for terrorising India."This was welcomed with great
appreciation and pride by our country. Ironically,the next meeting which was
supposedly arranged to pile up tremendous pressure on Pakistan to hand over the
culprits of 26/11 ended with the joint statement seemingly bizzare and
unacceptable to Indian Diplomats. It read-"Action on terrorism should not
be linked with the composite dialogue process & these should not be
bracketed". This still was acceptable, but one line read"Pakistan has
information on threats in Balochistan and other areas".What on Earth is
the relevance of this line?and How come it appear in a joint statement?Is their
a counter battle going on??"We did this because you do this to us in
Balochistan."What is clearly visible is the 26/11 and the alleged
involvement of LeT and any other issue must not come in hand till the
perpetrators are brought to justice. Then we can sure entertain Balochistan
etc. Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon conceded it as a drafting flaw.But
errors at this level and in such an issue is unacceptable. Minister of state for
External Affairs Mr. Shashi Tharoor termed it as a diplomatic statement and not
a legal paper. I would rather say that it is the written and countersigned text
that can be ever debated upon and not mere principles or ideas. For any
International advocacy,we can only discuss written statements.
The following is
however considered as a great win by the Pakistani Diplomacy and especially for
Gilani who had a point to prove. Mr. Manmohan Singh can do nothing but advocate
that composite dialogue only after action against terror and blah..blah..blah.But
noone can deny that India has certainly lost the driving seat which it had
gained in the SCO summit...
