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| Are US and Pakistan reviving cold war days equation? | | | M.M. Khajooria | 7/29/2019 10:44:21 PM |
| Donald Trump had done it again. His claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested him to "mediate or arbitrate" on the Kashmir issue has been roundly rejected by the Government of India. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the parliament: "I would like to categorically assure the House that no such request has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President. I repeat, no such request was made by the Prime Minister to the US President". In fact, no Prime Minister of this country could make such a proposal on an emotive and strategic issue of Kashmir visa a vis Pakistan and survive. Acutely aware of the PAK desire to rope in USA its patron since its very inception and who was the darling of the Anglo-US block during the cold war saw to it that a specific clause was incorporated in the Shimla Agreement. Accordingly clause(1) reads;
"That the two countries are resolved to settle their differences by peaceful means through BI-LATERAL NEGOTIATIONS OR BY ANY OTHER PEACEFUL MEANS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BETWEEN THEM". Remember under this Agreement we released 93 thousand
Prisoners of War and returned to the defeated country huge chunks of land occupied after great sacrifice. 1999 Lahore Declaration was in the same spirit.
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES (WASHINGTON, JULY 22, 2019) have put the episode in proper perspective. I quote "India has always opposed any suggestion of third-party mediation on Jammu and Kashmir; both the 1972 Shimla Agreement and the 1999 Lahore declaration included India's and Pakistan's commitment to resolving issues between them. It is unlikely that Mr. Modi would have spoken out of line with this policy"
By now it is apparent that Trumps' Mediation remarks were certainly not made off the cuff. Even If it were a case of misunderstanding of some remarks made by PM Modi for what ever reason, the matter should have allowed to rest after what External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in the Parliament. I quote "I would like to categorically assure the House that no such request has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President. I repeat, no such request was made by the Prime Minister to the US President."
How did US respond?
Donald Trump's Chief Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow told reporters at the White House that "The President doesn't make things up." Now listen to what Trump himself told the media.
"I was with Prime Minister Modi two weeks ago( in Osaka, Japan on the sidelines of the G20 Summit last month), and we talked about the subject. And he actually said, 'would you like to be a mediator, or arbitrator', and I said 'where?', and he said 'Kashmir', because this has been going on for many, many years."
India had taken a firm and principled position that negotiations were only possible after Pakistan stopped promoting, sheltering and grooming terrorists within J&K as well on her own soil, demolish terrorist training camps and shut down launching Pads along the borders between two countries. Pakistan response was increased attempts at infiltration, recruiting more and more terrorists through ISI and Whhabi Junta and direct her over ground proxies to intensify subversive activities.
Trump chose not to say a word nothing to about the terrorism unleashed by Pakistan Jammu Kashmir "I think they would like to see it resolved. I think you would like to see it resolved and if I can help, I would love to be a mediator" continued Trump." "It is impossible to believe " he said "can't resolve it... but if you want me to mediate or arbitrate, I would be willing to do it," the US President said.
"If I can help, I would love to be a mediator. If I can do anything to help, let me know," he added Mark the words "two incredible countries that are very, very smart and very smart leadership. Believe it or not he actually equated Imran Khan with PM Modi.
Incidentally is Trump trying to extract price for what he called in March "successful U.S. mediation for release of our fighter pilot Abhinandan t by captured by Pakistan ou?
There are unmistakable indicators that US President is courting a beleaguered and impoverished Pakistan to serve American vested interests. Trump, obviously took the line favored by his Pakistani interlocutors on Kashmir to secure Pakistan's help on security talks with the Taliban. and enhance his plans for a pullout from Afghanistan. Trump appears to be in a desperate hurry to clinch withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. That is where Pakistan comes in. But any hasty measures to force a resolution in Afghanistan to the advantage Taliban-Pak combine will have serious far-reaching and lasting impact on India.
Is the unfolding scenario of USA Pak coziness not reminiscent of Anglo-American conspiracy about the time of Indian independence and creation of Pakistan? At that point of time they successfully conspired to slice a part of India, Gilgit-Baltistan and gifted it to their favorite ally Pakistan. PAK in return dutifully helped to complete the encirclement of USSR? This was for Anglo-American combine a top priority project. It will be pertinent to mention here that all solutions of" Kashmir problem" emanating from US "Think Tanks" were Pro-Pak and based of communal consideration and diluted Indian sovereignty. Rest is history. And History has a bad habit of repeating itself it would be unwise to rock Us-India relations on this issue ,howsoever distasteful the incident may be. At the same time we need to keenly watch how do USA and Pakistan move on Afghanistan and simultaneously deepen our cooperation both in information sharing and consultations with our friends in the region. Obviously We can not afford any surprises on this crucial front. The requirement is to rush to the drawing board and craft alternative policy responses to all predictable scenarios on Indo-US front without disturbing the existing equation. |
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