Cancelled talks: Over-reaction to an irritant
August 20, 2014 11:43
Diplomacy is not a limited overs cricket match. But by calling off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled for August 25, the Narendra Modi government has behaved precisely as if it was that.
For more than a decade now leaders of the secessionist Hurriyat have regularly met Pakistani diplomats stationed in India, as well as visiting leaders starting with General Pervez Musharraf when he came for the Agra summit in 2001. Such meetings that demonstrate Pakistan's preference for the separatists are no doubt an irritant, but New Delhi's usual practice had been to register an objection and move on, not letting the issue derail the dialogue process.
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For more than a decade now leaders of the secessionist Hurriyat have regularly met Pakistani diplomats stationed in India, as well as visiting leaders starting with General Pervez Musharraf when he came for the Agra summit in 2001. Such meetings that demonstrate Pakistan's preference for the separatists are no doubt an irritant, but New Delhi's usual practice had been to register an objection and move on, not letting the issue derail the dialogue process.
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