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09NEWDELHI1698
2009-08-13 11:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA-
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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001698
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA-
PAKISTAN RELATIONS, AFGHANISTAN; NEW DELHI.
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press.
The Mission reports on English-language media via email
through the daily "Early Edition" summary.
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INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS
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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001698
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA-
PAKISTAN RELATIONS, AFGHANISTAN; NEW DELHI.
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press.
The Mission reports on English-language media via email
through the daily "Early Edition" summary.
--------------
INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS
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1. "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi
daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are
mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each
other does not allow any progress in relations. The
decision to set up a hotline between them was the only
outcome of last week's talks. In a recent development,
A Chinese think-tank suggested that India should be
broken up into 30 independent states. India can
retaliate, but that would sour relations. 40% of the
world's population lives in these two countries. Normal
India-China relations are, therefore, in the interest
of the entire world."
--------------
INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
--------------
2. "DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS," editorial in August 12
nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Pakistan's
acceptance of four dead bodies out of nine Pakistani
terrorists killed in the Mumbai attacks will be
considered a diplomatic success for India. India's
diplomatic pressure on Pakistan should continue, and
Pakistan's probe into the Mumbai attacks should not be
conditional. Since Pakistani nationals planned the
attack on their soil, it is Pakistan's responsibility
to cooperate in bringing them to justice."
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AFGHANISTAN
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3. "AN ACID TEST FOR HAMID KARZAI," op-ed article
August 13 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The
second presidential election in Afghanistan, scheduled
for August 20, will be an acid test for Hamid Karzai,
US President Barack Obama and the NATO
nations. Political analysts are describing Karzai as a
failed leader because even today the people of
Afghanistan suffer from corruption and
insecurity. There is a deep sense of frustration among
the electorate that the Karzai government has failed to
lift the people from the morass of despair by not
fulfilling the promises of democracy and
development. The pertinent question therefore is: will
democracy be able to take firm root in this landlocked
nation?"
ROEMER
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM
STATE FOR INR/MR
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA-
PAKISTAN RELATIONS, AFGHANISTAN; NEW DELHI.
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press.
The Mission reports on English-language media via email
through the daily "Early Edition" summary.
--------------
INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS
--------------
1. "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi
daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are
mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each
other does not allow any progress in relations. The
decision to set up a hotline between them was the only
outcome of last week's talks. In a recent development,
A Chinese think-tank suggested that India should be
broken up into 30 independent states. India can
retaliate, but that would sour relations. 40% of the
world's population lives in these two countries. Normal
India-China relations are, therefore, in the interest
of the entire world."
--------------
INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
--------------
2. "DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS," editorial in August 12
nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Pakistan's
acceptance of four dead bodies out of nine Pakistani
terrorists killed in the Mumbai attacks will be
considered a diplomatic success for India. India's
diplomatic pressure on Pakistan should continue, and
Pakistan's probe into the Mumbai attacks should not be
conditional. Since Pakistani nationals planned the
attack on their soil, it is Pakistan's responsibility
to cooperate in bringing them to justice."
--------------
AFGHANISTAN
--------------
3. "AN ACID TEST FOR HAMID KARZAI," op-ed article
August 13 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The
second presidential election in Afghanistan, scheduled
for August 20, will be an acid test for Hamid Karzai,
US President Barack Obama and the NATO
nations. Political analysts are describing Karzai as a
failed leader because even today the people of
Afghanistan suffer from corruption and
insecurity. There is a deep sense of frustration among
the electorate that the Karzai government has failed to
lift the people from the morass of despair by not
fulfilling the promises of democracy and
development. The pertinent question therefore is: will
democracy be able to take firm root in this landlocked
nation?"
ROEMER