Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10NEWDELHI306
2010-02-17 11:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA
how-toVZCZCXRO5548 PP RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHNEH DE RUEHNE #0306/01 0481117 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 171117Z FEB 10 FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9529 INFO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC RHHJJPI/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 2292 RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 5604 RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 4818 RUEHNEH/AMCONSUL HYDERABAD 1378 RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 2693 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 6690 RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 3131 RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI 9937 RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 4626 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 7292 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 8898 RHOVVKG/COMSEVENTHFLT RHMCSUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 000306
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/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONS, NAXALISM IN INDIA; 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/PAKISTAN
--------------
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 000306
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/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONS, NAXALISM IN INDIA; 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/PAKISTAN
--------------
1. "TALKS ARE THE ONLY WAY" February 17 editorial in
Guwahati Assamese independent ASAMIYA KHABOR: "India
should hold talks with Pakistan as scheduled to foil
terrorists' agenda to upset it, and demonstrate before
the world community its (India) commitment to peaceful
negotiation. The resumption of talks may not yield
fruitful results but it will give India and Pakistan an
opportunity to address their concerns and clarify their
stand on these problems. In its own interest, India
also should not encourage any attempt to dislodge the
present government in Pakistan."
2. "SHOULD WE TALK TO PAKISTAN?" February 17 editorial
in left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR:
"There are an increasing number of opinion makers who
feel strongly against any kind of bilateral talks with
a rogue neighbor like Pakistan, which has repeatedly
backstabbed India on several occasions. Pakistan's
credentials are indeed dubious. But that does not allow
India to snap ties. Severing relations with an
aggressor does not work to the advantage of India.
Norms of international diplomacy require India to
continue with its efforts to hold talks, however formal
and insubstantial, with Pakistan..."
--------------
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
--------------
3. "DALAI LAMA-OBAMA MEETING," February 17 op-ed
article by columnist Lata Raje in centrist Marathi
daily, LOKMAT: "The already tense relations between
China and the U.S. are likely to be strained after
President Obama meets the exiled Tibetan leader Dalai
Lama, whom the Chinese government sees as a
secessionist pushing for Tibetan independence. Though
the Chinese embassy in Washington has openly criticized
Obama's willingness to meet the Lama, the president's
decision to go ahead with the meeting is a statement in
itself."
4. "CHINA: UNREASONABLE THREAT," February 12 editorial
in Bhubaneswar Oriya SAMAJA: "President Obama has done
well to ignore China's warning to meet the Dalai Lama.
China is known for its highhanded attitude,
particularly with its neighbors. Tibet, once an
autonomous territory, is now under China's occupation
and Beijing does not want any country to have any link
with Tibet. It is angry with India because the Tibetan
leader is staying here as an honored guest. China is
apprehensive because it has committed so many misdeeds
to establish its hegemony in Southeast Asia. China must
NEW DELHI 00000306 002 OF 002
put its own record straight before it warns America not
to meet the Dalai Lama."
--------------
NAXALISM IN INDIA
--------------
5. "WHO WILL BELL THE CAT?" February 17 editorial in
centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The recent
Maoist attack in eastern India, killing police
personnel, is a grim reminder of the deterioration of
India's internal security situation... It is more than
clear that the Maoists are working on China's long-term
design on dividing India into 30 parts. When will the
Indian federal and state governments rise above petty
politics and crush this menace?"
6. "WHAT LAW FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RULE
OF LAW?" February 17 editorial in right-of-center
Gujarati daily, MUMBAI SAMACHAR: "The gruesome killing
of policemen in West Bengal's Midnapore once again
remind us that those involved in terrorism and Naxalism
in India do not believe in the rule of law. How far are
we justified in dealing with them legally? Who will
secure the lives of ordinary citizens when the security
forces themselves are being targeted? Our government's
soft approach towards such brutal elements will set
wrong precedents in a civilized society."
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/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONS, NAXALISM IN INDIA; 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/PAKISTAN
--------------
1. "TALKS ARE THE ONLY WAY" February 17 editorial in
Guwahati Assamese independent ASAMIYA KHABOR: "India
should hold talks with Pakistan as scheduled to foil
terrorists' agenda to upset it, and demonstrate before
the world community its (India) commitment to peaceful
negotiation. The resumption of talks may not yield
fruitful results but it will give India and Pakistan an
opportunity to address their concerns and clarify their
stand on these problems. In its own interest, India
also should not encourage any attempt to dislodge the
present government in Pakistan."
2. "SHOULD WE TALK TO PAKISTAN?" February 17 editorial
in left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR:
"There are an increasing number of opinion makers who
feel strongly against any kind of bilateral talks with
a rogue neighbor like Pakistan, which has repeatedly
backstabbed India on several occasions. Pakistan's
credentials are indeed dubious. But that does not allow
India to snap ties. Severing relations with an
aggressor does not work to the advantage of India.
Norms of international diplomacy require India to
continue with its efforts to hold talks, however formal
and insubstantial, with Pakistan..."
--------------
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
--------------
3. "DALAI LAMA-OBAMA MEETING," February 17 op-ed
article by columnist Lata Raje in centrist Marathi
daily, LOKMAT: "The already tense relations between
China and the U.S. are likely to be strained after
President Obama meets the exiled Tibetan leader Dalai
Lama, whom the Chinese government sees as a
secessionist pushing for Tibetan independence. Though
the Chinese embassy in Washington has openly criticized
Obama's willingness to meet the Lama, the president's
decision to go ahead with the meeting is a statement in
itself."
4. "CHINA: UNREASONABLE THREAT," February 12 editorial
in Bhubaneswar Oriya SAMAJA: "President Obama has done
well to ignore China's warning to meet the Dalai Lama.
China is known for its highhanded attitude,
particularly with its neighbors. Tibet, once an
autonomous territory, is now under China's occupation
and Beijing does not want any country to have any link
with Tibet. It is angry with India because the Tibetan
leader is staying here as an honored guest. China is
apprehensive because it has committed so many misdeeds
to establish its hegemony in Southeast Asia. China must
NEW DELHI 00000306 002 OF 002
put its own record straight before it warns America not
to meet the Dalai Lama."
--------------
NAXALISM IN INDIA
--------------
5. "WHO WILL BELL THE CAT?" February 17 editorial in
centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The recent
Maoist attack in eastern India, killing police
personnel, is a grim reminder of the deterioration of
India's internal security situation... It is more than
clear that the Maoists are working on China's long-term
design on dividing India into 30 parts. When will the
Indian federal and state governments rise above petty
politics and crush this menace?"
6. "WHAT LAW FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RULE
OF LAW?" February 17 editorial in right-of-center
Gujarati daily, MUMBAI SAMACHAR: "The gruesome killing
of policemen in West Bengal's Midnapore once again
remind us that those involved in terrorism and Naxalism
in India do not believe in the rule of law. How far are
we justified in dealing with them legally? Who will
secure the lives of ordinary citizens when the security
forces themselves are being targeted? Our government's
soft approach towards such brutal elements will set
wrong precedents in a civilized society."
ROEMER