Kerry's mission overload
July 31, 2014  03:16

It will take more than a meeting of two leaders to reverse the damage of the past year in India-U.S. ties '" the hurt needs to be addressed as well It has been a challenging month for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been charged with nuclear negotiations with Iran, dispatched to the Middle East to try and broker a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, and tasked with leading a campaign to sanction Russia further for the conflict in Ukraine.

 

 Compared to those missions, his 48-hour visit to India should have been a snap, but both circumstances and a lack of diplomatic headway so far will mean that Mr. Kerry will have his work cut out for him as he begins his meetings this morning.

 

Read more of Suhasini Haider's piece on The Hindu

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