Pentagon official takes potshot at India-China ties

February 13, 2016 11:00

At first look, the fellow might seem a greenhorn in international diplomacy -- or at the very least, an unvarnished bureaucrat from America. But what the faceless US defence official said was unacceptable by diplomatic norms regarding the confidentiality of inter-state exchanges.

You don't go to a foreign capital, enjoy their traditional hospitality, transact business with the counterparts in the ministry of defence on a sensitive issue relating to the US' containment strategy against China, and then give a parting kick to the hosts by 'leaking' to the media...

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