12-06-2004, 11:32 PM
Good man Bhairon Singh !!! <!--emo&:rocker--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rocker.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rocker.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The Vice-President did the trick
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> NEW DELHI, DEC. 5 . It took a little bit of blunt talking from the Vice-President, Bhairon Singh Shekhwat, to make the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, issue a clarification about Moscow's stand on India's place in the United Nations Security Council.
According to officials present at the meeting yesterday between Mr. Shekhawat and Mr. Putin, the Vice-President first expressed his gratitude for continued Russian support over the years in the matter of the Kashmir dispute and noted that such support had created an enormous public goodwill in India for Moscow. And, then, the Vice-President added that all that goodwill stood washed away by Mr. Putin's reported remarks on "no veto for India."
This observation made Mr. Putin sit up and he wanted to know what the Vice-President was trying to say. Mr. Shekhwat, according to those present, drew Mr. Putin's attention to "no veto for India" newspapers headlines. The Russian President turned to his aides to explain to him those "guilty" headlines.
Having heard from his aides, Mr. Putin turned to Mr. Shekhawat and told him that his remarks the previous day had been substantially misunderstood. And, then, added that he would use the first available opportunity to publicly correct the impression.
True to his promise, Mr. Putin decided to speak to newspersons after inaugurating the BrahMos office complex, before he left for Bangalore. He clarified: "I am convinced that India should have veto power, otherwise it will be a one-sided reform of the United Nations."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Vice-President did the trick
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> NEW DELHI, DEC. 5 . It took a little bit of blunt talking from the Vice-President, Bhairon Singh Shekhwat, to make the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, issue a clarification about Moscow's stand on India's place in the United Nations Security Council.
According to officials present at the meeting yesterday between Mr. Shekhawat and Mr. Putin, the Vice-President first expressed his gratitude for continued Russian support over the years in the matter of the Kashmir dispute and noted that such support had created an enormous public goodwill in India for Moscow. And, then, the Vice-President added that all that goodwill stood washed away by Mr. Putin's reported remarks on "no veto for India."
This observation made Mr. Putin sit up and he wanted to know what the Vice-President was trying to say. Mr. Shekhwat, according to those present, drew Mr. Putin's attention to "no veto for India" newspapers headlines. The Russian President turned to his aides to explain to him those "guilty" headlines.
Having heard from his aides, Mr. Putin turned to Mr. Shekhawat and told him that his remarks the previous day had been substantially misunderstood. And, then, added that he would use the first available opportunity to publicly correct the impression.
True to his promise, Mr. Putin decided to speak to newspersons after inaugurating the BrahMos office complex, before he left for Bangalore. He clarified: "I am convinced that India should have veto power, otherwise it will be a one-sided reform of the United Nations."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->