Reading the Indo-Pak Joint Declaration was a revelation. Do we really have a Foreign Department? Were they mass drugged , stuporous, befuddled when they allowed the Prime Minister to sign this document? Was Manmohan Singh suffering from a bout of Hypoxia when he approved of this? Was he suffering from Anoxia when he consciously tried to defend this document in Parliament?
Read the full text first.
Text of Joint Statement between India and Pakistan.
The two prime ministers had a cordial and constructive meeting. They considered the entire gamut of bilateral relations with a view to charting the way forward in India-Pakistan relations.
Both leaders agreed that terrorism is the main threat to both countries. Both leaders affirmed their resolve to fight terrorism and to cooperate with each other to this end.
Prime Minister Singh reiterated the need to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice. Prime Minister Gilani assured that Pakistan will do everything in its power in this regard. He said that Pakistan has provided an updated status dossier on the investigations of the Mumbai attacks and had sought additional information/evidence. Prime Minister Singh said that the dossier is being reviewed.
Both leaders agreed that the two countries will share real time credible and actionable information on any future terrorist threats.
Prime Minister Gilani mentioned that Pakistan has some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas.
Both prime ministers recognised that dialogue is the only way forward. Action on terrorism should not be linked to the Composite Dialogue process and these should not be bracketed.
Prime Minister Singh said that India was ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan, including all outstanding issues.
Prime Minister Singh reiterated India’s interest in a stable, democratic Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Both leaders agreed that the real challenge is development and the elimination of poverty. Both leaders are resolved to eliminate those factors which prevent our countries from realising their full potential. Both agreed to work to create an atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence.
Both leaders reaffirmed their intention to promote regional cooperation.
Both foreign secretaries should meet as often as necessary and report to the two foreign ministers, who will be meeting on the sidelines of the forthcoming U.N. General Assembly.
Now analysing :-
1) "Both leaders agreed that terrorism is the main threat to both countries".
So one country initiates terrorism, allows and actively supports groups like Lashkar -e- Toiba to garner memberships approaching one and a half lakhs, supports Taliban and allows it to occupy Pakistani Territory, gives safe haven for persons like Osama Bin Laden and Dawood Ibrahim and yet has the qualification to assume same status as one in which bomb blasts have taken thousands of innocent lives, temples, trains and even its Parliament has been attacked, where a systematic false currency racket has been funded, propagated and made to flourish. What an upliftment for a criminal state to be equated with one which is said to be in the right.... Charles Sobhraj being equated with Jawaharlal Nehru!!!!!
2) "Prime Minister Gilani mentioned that Pakistan has some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas."
Why mention this in a Joint Declaration? India allows it to be mentioned. The obvious conclusion is that India is involved, or otherwise why mention it at all?? So on every public forum from now on, India will have to defend herself and assume a protective attitude. A glib talking, smug faced, smirking Shashi Tharoor explains that they(Pakistanis) wanted to put it in, and we have nothing to hide, and this is not a legal document only a diplomatic one, so we allowed it.
So you can issue an official joint statement and it is not binding on any one. So why have this exercise in nothingness? So why then try and justify it in Parliament? And then a spluttering Pranab Mukherjee says that it is written that Prime Minister Gilani put in the reference about Pakistan. Therefore it is an unilateral statement and it is not of any value. So why does an unilateral statement appear in a Joint Statement duly ratified by BOTH Prime Ministers? It is so much easier to be aggressive and righteous in your own house rather than on the battlefields of the negotiation table. How much can a government really wriggle? This government is setting the standards!!!!
3)"Action on terrorism should not be linked to the Composite Dialogue process and these should not be bracketed."
So Pakistan can unleash terrorist strikes and ask India for talks, all in the same breath. So our PM says Trust and then verify. So a girl can go on a blind date , on trust, and then when she tries to verify, she has been compromised. Is not it far better to verify first and then to trust? Would Shri Manmohan Singh allow his daughters to trust first and then to verify? It seems he has forgotten parenting in A Big Way....
By bracketing, we will have very good dialogue, lots of statements and no action.. So even if Victoria Memorial is blasted we will still follow the dialogue trail......
4) Pakistan's ambassador to the UN can now comfortably say that there is no evidence linking Saeed to 26/11 while our Home Minister can cry from the rooftops that there is sufficient evidence to convict him. The worst aspect of this deal is that it is not time bound. So there will be terrorist attacks on Indian soil by Pakistani based agents, and then we can wait for a lifetime before Pakistan can complete a case against them, leaving the families of the innocent victims of these cowardly attacks, bereft of any hope of seeing the killers of their loved ones ever brought to justice.
5) The Prime Minister is still in Election mode. The Congress Party has diluted his undoubted intellect. He is actually, actually proud that Pakistan has admitted that Kasab is their national and that feat has never been achieved by any other government. In fact, Pakistan, by admitting to this (they had no other choice considering Kasab's confession), was merely counterbalancing with Baluchistan and the delinking of Terror dismantling and Engagement in Dialogue. The Indian team in their euphoria, overwhelmed by Pakistan's admission , signed everything that Pakistan sidled in.
6) "Prime Minister Singh said that India was ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan, including all outstanding issues." The Indian team were patting themselves on their back having thought that they had prevented a mention of Kashmir. Then the penny dropped!!! All outstanding issues would obviously contain Kashmir.... So Pakistan really executed a brilliant deal. They have nothing to lose.
This Indo-Pak joint statement reiterates the fact that India lacks teeth in foreign policy negotiations, is easily cowed down, and generally subservient to even minnows like Pakistan.
Those of you who were unable to get a look at the videos in my last post, please note that they have been surreptitiously taken off by unknown people. These videos were a factual record of 26/11 by Channel Four. A thought provoking story of what really happened..... And yet it was censored....
The truth can really hurt some people!!!!!.
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