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

A. Srivathsan Former Ambassador's assessment of ‘irrational' regime

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In Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Vatican supports Palestinians

Katyayani Murti Church worried Israeli policies could affect Catholics in West Asia

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U.S. and Vatican work together

Katyayani Murti In a post-9/11 world, the U.S. courted Vatican approval of military actions in the Middle East

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The India Cables Why Guantanamo Bay prisoners are not horses and falcons

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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”.

The India Cables What MEA was up to ahead of Ahmadinejad visit

The India Cables Israel's PR offensive in India

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

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.

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.’

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.

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.

MEA team's visit incensed Israel Secretary Rajiv Sikri behaved ‘more often as the representative of the Palestinians'