10-21-2006, 09:25 PM
This is a very good argument and needs to be remembered when India's cooperation is required on a vote.
http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/21burns...?q=tp&file=.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Burns, who will lead a high-level delegation to India next month, said, "When I go to Delhi, I want to talk to people who are experts on counter-terrorism because we want to upgrade our conversations with the Indian government."
"But in the cases of these new charges going back and forth, I don't think its appropriate for the US to get invoved publicly because we have two friends in the regions, different relationships but two friends, and our counter-terrorism agenda with Pakistan is fundamentally important to us and we appreciate the support President Pervez Musharraf gives us and our new cooperation with India is also fundamentally important," he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/21burns...?q=tp&file=.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Burns, who will lead a high-level delegation to India next month, said, "When I go to Delhi, I want to talk to people who are experts on counter-terrorism because we want to upgrade our conversations with the Indian government."
"But in the cases of these new charges going back and forth, I don't think its appropriate for the US to get invoved publicly because we have two friends in the regions, different relationships but two friends, and our counter-terrorism agenda with Pakistan is fundamentally important to us and we appreciate the support President Pervez Musharraf gives us and our new cooperation with India is also fundamentally important," he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->