India, Pakistan Agree to Share Intelligence Information

[Coventina]

Source: Washington Post

NEW DELHI, July 16 -- India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to increase communication and information-sharing in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks, and said dialogue was the only way forward in the wake of violence such as November's siege in Mumbai.

The leaders of the two countries spoke for almost two hours on the sidelines of the ongoing Non-Aligned Movement summit at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. In a statement afterward, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani agreed to "share real-time, credible and actionable" intelligence information about possible terror plots.

The joint statement represented a break for the bitter blame-game that followed the deadly Mumbai attacks. "Both leaders affirmed their resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate with each other to this end," the statement in said.

Until now, New Delhi had insisted that Pakistan must take "concrete and demonstrable" action on terror as a pre-condition for the resumption of peace talks.



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[Uncle Joe]

1. Well that's a positive development.

Thanks for the thread, Coventina.:thumbsup:

[Hippo_Tron]

2. I have a feeling that Obama's more even-handed approach to India and Pakistan helped

Bush ignored the crucial India/Pakistan security balance issue because he was focused too much on how he could use India to help businesses.

[cosmicone]

4. There cannot be an "even handed" approach

to India and Pakistan. India is 7 times Pakistan in Area, 6 times Pakistan in population and 84 times Pakistan in GDP.

Pakistan is a tinpot military dictatorship run by religious fanatics whereas India is a constitutional democracy.

India's success in these dialogues is to focus the meetings on terrorism and not let Pakistan bring up any phoney issues like Kashmir to the table.

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India is an asset to the US as a counterbalance to China. Pakistan is simply a liability with no useful purpose -- constantly demanding handouts with nuclear blackmail. "Write us a check so that our nukes don't fall into the wrong hands"

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Pakistan is a struggling democracy, not a military dictatorship

[cosmicone]

6. Give it a couple of years and it will be back to a

military dictatorship. After all, it has been a "struggling democracy" for 62 years, i.e. ever since its independence.

[Vidar]

3. A pleasant surprise.