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Pakistan's unconventional viewpoint on terrorism

Turkish diplomat's view on why for Islamabad cross-border terror is not quite terror »
Related: 13493: President Musharraf's Turkey visit cement ties, skips key issues
Related: Turkey cites fear of Pakistani isolation in maintaining diplomatic ties with it

‘U.S. needs to read ‘Persian mind' to deal with Iran'

Former Ambassador's assessment of ‘irrational' regime »
Related: 47728: K.C. Singh on Ahmadinejad
Opinion: U.S. was alarmed by growing flak for India's Iran nuclear vote

In Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Vatican supports Palestinians

Church worried Israeli policies could affect Catholics in West Asia »

Why Guantanamo Bay prisoners are not horses and falcons

Saudi Arabian King's sudden thought while meeting White House official »
Related: Documents reveals new information on Gitmo detainees

Indian support for UN resolution on Israel angered U.S.

‘India's aim is to stay in good favor with NAM which presumably would support its candidacy for a non-permanent UN seat’ »
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CHENNAI, March 31, 2011

U.S. and Vatican work together

In a post-9/11 world, the U.S. courted Vatican approval of military actions in the Middle East »
LONDON, March 18, 2011

Israel's PR offensive in India

Embassy held discussions in Delhi and Mumbai with ‘focus groups' to improve its public image. »
FOR BETTER TIES: New Delhi has not been pushing its complaints in the interests of strengthening economic relations with Riyadh. A file picture of King Abdullah with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
LONDON, March 17, 2011

Indian ‘concern' over Saudi funding for extremists

U.S. Ambassador in Riyadh picks up ‘sore points' in India-Saudi Arabia relations, but reports economic cooperation to be dominant factor. »
March 16, 2011

39624: GOI visitor disappoints Israel

Israel DCM Yoed Magen gave us an unexpectedly downbeat readout of the August 28 visit to Jerusalem by MEA Secretary East Rajiv Sikri, reporting that Sikri appeared SIPDIS more often to be the representative of the Palestinians, rather than India. »
LONDON, March 15, 2011

MEA team's visit incensed Israel

Secretary Rajiv Sikri behaved ‘more often as the representative of the Palestinians' »
March 15, 2011

110122: India balancing relations with Israel and Hamas

India is walking a tightrope as its defense and trade ties with Israel grow, even as the Hamas victory forces a delicate accommodation of popular Indian Muslim support for the Palestinians. »
March 15, 2011

India's Iran policy: designed for ‘domestic consumption'?

The U.S. administration believes that India's Iran policy is meant for “public consumption,'' mostly to please the “domestic Muslim and Non-Aligned Movement audience,'' according... »
March 15, 2011

199213: Indo-Iranian relationship: former Ambassadors to Iran share their views

Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. »
March 15, 2011

184997: India censures Israeli strikes in Gaza

The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". »
March 15, 2011

41355: Indian government aggressively defending its vote on Iran

India's decision to support the US/EU resolution on Iran at the IAEA was the most important signal so far of the UPA's commitment to building a transformed US-India relationship. »
March 15, 2011

39910: A nuclear Iran still unacceptable to India, but Delhi questions eventual armed confrontation

Indian FS Saran listened attentively to Ambassador's views on Iran, including our disappointment with FM Natwar Singh's public statements on his September 3-4 visit to Tehran; and reaffirmed India's long-standing policy on Iran... »
This April 29, 2008 photo shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. According to a U.S. Embassy cable, an MEA official notified the American mission in New Delhi about Mr. Ahmadinejad’s visit “prior to the MEA informing even other agencies within the Indian government”.
LONDON, March 21, 2011

What MEA was up to ahead of Ahmadinejad visit

Manmohan declined to visit Iran; inviting Iranian President in 2008 ‘political cover for going ever so slightly forward with the civil-nuclear agreement' »
MUMBAI, March 17, 2011

Indian support for Palestine ‘historical rhetorical'

U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford was clear in his assessment of what India's support for Palestine really was about in recent times. In a cable dated September 6, 2005, he spoke of Ind... »
NEW DELHI, March 16, 2011

U.S. was alarmed by growing flak for India's Iran nuclear vote

‘We have made it clear that dallying with Iran puts civil nuclear deal at risk.’ »
March 16, 2011

50883: Political challenges complicate and divert Congress attention from foreign policy

Several simmering political developments have come to a head in the past few weeks, diverting some of the GOI's attention from foreign policy issues such as Iran, the US-India civil-nuclear agreement and the POTUS visit. »
March 15, 2011

REVEALED: THE INDIA CABLES FROM WIKILEAKS

Starting today, March 15, The Hindu offers its readers a series of unprecedented insights into India's foreign policy and domestic affairs, diplomatic, political, economic, social, cu... »
LONDON, March 15, 2011

West Asia policy hostage to ‘Muslim vote'

The United Progressive Alliance government's policy towards West Asia is dictated by its anxiety to keep the “politically influential Muslim vote bloc” in good humour, thus forci... »
March 15, 2011

195906: Indian views on engaging Iran

Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as an intermediary. »
March 15, 2011

73697: Indian Muslim resentment smouldering over Lebanon and Gaza

Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Israel and anti-US. »
In the run-up to the IAEA's crucial board meeting, the U.S. believed that India was “engaged in a risky balancing act in its Iran policies.”
March 15, 2011

Scepticism over Iranian nuclearisation

As U.S. pressed for a vote against Iran, India's reluctance was clear. »
March 15, 2011

40223: India notes US Iran views; trying to clarify its position

Our efforts here and Congress' reaction in Washington seem to be encouraging the Indians to review their public postures on Iran. »
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