Self goal: Delhi shuts off life support to dialogue

August 19, 2014 11:45

New Delhi's message, an official spokesperson said on Monday, was simple: "The only path available to Pakistan is to resolve outstanding issues through a peaceful bilateral dialogue within the framework and principles of the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration'. Those words -- omitting mention of the Composite Dialogue the two countries began in 2004 -- suggests New Delhi is shutting off life support for a 10-year-old secret dialogue process that was meant to resolve the Kashmir conflict.

Read Praveen Swamy's report for the Indian Express today.

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