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09NEWDELHI618
2009-03-31 13:55:00
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Embassy New Delhi
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AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW PAPER DELIVERED IN
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SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW PAPER DELIVERED IN
DELHI; POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION
REF: STATE 29482
Charge delivered the "White Paper of the Interagency Policy
Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and
Pakistan" and associated points to the Ministry of External
Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas Division) Gaitri Kumar on
March 31. (Note: Nearly all of the Ministry's Afghanistan
and Pakistan portfolio holders had departed Delhi prior to
March 28 for Shanghai Cooperation Organization talks in
Moscow which included talks on Afghanistan, then for The
Hague for the UN-sponsored Afghanistan conference. End
Note.) J/S Kumar reiterated that India and the U.S. share
the same overall goals for Afghanistan, but offered little
substantive response to the white paper. She referred to
positive public comments made earlier by Indian officials to
include Foreign Secretary Menon's quote to the media on March
30 saying "We welcome the very clear expression of will to
carry through the struggle against extremism in Afghanistan
and its roots in Pakistan, which is contained in the new
comprehensive U. S. strategy. India has a direct interest in
the success of this international effort and India is ready
to play a constructive role as a responsible power in
defeating extremism of all kinds."
WHITE