11-22-2005, 05:12 AM
<b>PAKISTAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS: IMPACT ON INDIA</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Concluding Observations</b>
The underlying tenor of questioning in the interview was to discern whether the PakistanâIsrael dialogue had caused some serious concern in India in terms of its policy formulations. It evidently has not.
After the first flush of basking in the self-congratulatory glow of the Istanbul meeting, Pakistan in the wake of domestic uproar and uproar in the Islamic World, came out with impossible stipulations for Israel on official and presidential websites. This is likely to negate further movement in relations.
<b>Pakistanâs intended objectives of diluting India-Israel political and strategic relationships by opening up to Israel is therefore unlikely to materialize</b>. <!--emo&
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The underlying tenor of questioning in the interview was to discern whether the PakistanâIsrael dialogue had caused some serious concern in India in terms of its policy formulations. It evidently has not.
After the first flush of basking in the self-congratulatory glow of the Istanbul meeting, Pakistan in the wake of domestic uproar and uproar in the Islamic World, came out with impossible stipulations for Israel on official and presidential websites. This is likely to negate further movement in relations.
<b>Pakistanâs intended objectives of diluting India-Israel political and strategic relationships by opening up to Israel is therefore unlikely to materialize</b>. <!--emo&
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