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[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Turkey-did-not-invite-India-on-Afghan-meet-to-appease-Pak/H1-Article1-632165.aspx"]Turkey did not invite India on Afghan meet to appease Pak[/url]

Reflecting Islamabad's insistence at every international fora that New Delhi be kept out of any meeting on Afghanistan, a top Turkish diplomat told US officials early this year that India was kept out to address the concerns of Pakistan, WikiLeaks said.

Soysal, a former Turkish Ambassador to the Pakistan from 2007 to 2009, and his country’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan in September was appointment by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, as the Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan.



"He (Soysal) reported Indian Prime Minister Singh had requested (Turkish) President Gul's assistance with Pakistan during the latter's visit to New Delhi the previous week.



Acting on that request, Gul had phoned Pakistani President Zardari, who was skeptical of Indian intentions.



Gul is planning to visit Pakistan later this year," the cable said.



"Soysal said Iran is proposing a quadrilateal summit, which would include Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but that proposal had yet to generate enthusiasm," it said.



Soysal, according to the cable, said the Pakistani military, though displeased with the President, Asif Ali Zardari, remains unwilling to intervene; nevertheless, senior officers' patience may not be infinite.



"Zardari needs to increase the democratic legitimacy of Parliament. Soysal offered. Nawaz Sharif has become a much more constructive player," said the State Department cable as released by WikiLeaks