Obama to skip Pakistan during his visit to India
Published: Thursday, Oct 21, 2010, 11:13 IST | Updated: Thursday, Oct 21, 2010, 15:02 IST
Place: Washington, DC | Agency: PTI

US President Barack Obama will skip Pakistan when he makes his first visit to India and East Asia next month as American officials sought Islamabad's support for peace talks with the Taliban and pressed the country to take firm military action against militant groups in restive north Waziristan.

The White House said the president had committed to travel to Pakistan next year and was looking forward to welcoming Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to Washington soon.

Obama conveyed this to a visiting high-level delegation from Pakistan, who are here to participate in the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue, the White House said in a statement, scotching speculations that the President might make an unannounced visit to Islamabad and Kabul before touching down in New Delhi.

"The President explained that he would not be stopping in Pakistan during his trip to Asia next month, and committed to visiting Pakistan in 2011", the statement said.

The visiting Pakistani delegation was led by foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.

During his meeting with the Pakistani delegation, Obama stressed that Washington and Islamabad should move towards a "true partnership" based on mutual respect and common interest.

"The president and the Pakistani delegation agreed on the need for regional stability and cooperating towards a peaceful and stable outcome in Afghanistan", the statement said.

Earlier, in an attempt to simmer down tensions flamed by recent NATO airstrikes into Pakistan, the US defence secretary Robert Gates called for better cross-border communication.

Gates also apologised for the accidental killings of three Pakistani troops by NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan at a meeting with the Pakistan Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at Pentagon, press secretary Geoff Morrell said.

At the crucial strategic talks between the Pakistani delegation and defence and state department officials, Washington pressed Pakistan to take stronger military actions against militant groups sheltering in Pakistan's tribal belt.

The Pakistani delegation were told that continued presence of the terrorist safe havens in the country would undermine the US-led international efforts against extremism in Afghanistan and in the region.

Identical messages were conveyed to the delegation at the state department, at the White House when they met Obama and to Pakistan army chief Gen Kayani when he met defence secretary Gates and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Admiral Mike Mullen at the Pentagon.

Officials familiar with the discussions said that US conversations with the Pakistani leaders reflected the Obama Administration's growing sense of frustration about the continued existence of these havens and their reluctance to take action against certain terrorist groups like the Haqqani network.

"We definitely recognise that there are safe havens in other parts of the region, including North Waziristan. And we will be encouraging Pakistan to take steps there as well," state department spokesperson PJ Crowley told reporters.

Crowley said Pakistan's role in the Afghan conflict was the highlight of discussion. "We have assured Pakistan it has an appropriate role in resolving the situation in Afghanistan."

"We do not want to see efforts by any entity to prevent political reconciliation," he said referring to efforts to woe Taliban to accept legitimacy of the Karzai government and the Afghan constitution in exchange for amnesty and a political role.

"This is our fundamental strategy and Pakistan has legitimate role to play in supporting this process", Crowley said.

On talks with Taliban, Crowley said these were at an early stage, but were picking up momentum.

He said no American officials were directly involved in the negotiations, though US and NATO forces had granted Taliban leaders safe passage into Afghanistan for talks.

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even the most idiot president ever knows its worthless to visit piglets.lol.

he can go to hell and is not welcome here anyway
hope indian slaves do some good polishing work for him there

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Some Facts about Super Power india

--According to WFP, India accounts around 50% of the worlds hungry. (more than in the whole of Africa) and its fiscal deficit is one of the highest in the world. Indias Global Hunger Index (GHI) score is 23.7, a rank of 66th out of 88 countries. Indias rating is slightly above Bangladesh but below all other South Asian nations and listed under ALARMING category. Ref: IFPRI Country Report on India
-- 34.7 % of the Indian population lives with an income below $ 1 a day and 79.9 % below $ 2 a day.
--According to CIA world fact book, the Current account balance of India is -37,510,000,000 (minus) while China is the wealthiest country in the world with $ 426,100,000,000 (Plus) . India listed as 182 and China as no.1 [CIA: The world fact book]
--India has over 35 per cent of the worlds total illiterate population. [UNESCO Education for All Report 2008]
--Crime against Dalits (low caste) occur every 20 minutes in India. Every day 3 Dalit women are raped, 2 Dalits are murdered and 2 Dalit houses are burnt down! These figures represent only a fraction of actual incidents since many Dalits do not register cases for fear of retaliation by the police and upper-caste Hindu individuals. More than 165 million Dalits in India are simply abused by their Hindu upper castes for their birth! . [HRW Report2007]
--On an average one Indian woman commits suicide every four hours over a dowry dispute. During Indian marriage, women should bring jewellery, cash and even consumer durables as part of dowry to the in-laws. If they fail, the victims are burnt to death they are doused in kerosene and set fire to. Routinely the in-laws claim that the death happened simply due to an accident.
--Rape is the fastest growing crime in India. Every hour Indian women face two rapes, two kidnappings, four molestations and seven incidents of cruelty from husbands and relatives [National Crime Records Bureau Report 2006]
--Despite the much touted economic boom, only 0.8 percent of Indians own a car most are on foot, motorbikes, or carts. And of all the vehicles sold in India from April to November of last year, 77 percent were two-wheelers motorcycles, mopeds, or scooters.
--A 2006 opinion poll by OutlookAC Nielsen shows that 46 % of Indias urban class wants to settle down in US. Interestingly, in the Hindutva heart land of Gujarat, 54 % of people want to move to US.
--India is the World Banks largest borrower, In June 2007 it provided $3.7bn in new loans to India. Due to the fake India Shining propaganda launched by Hindutva idiots, foreign donors are reluctant to help the poor people in this country.

Quit India!
Sixty years ago Indians asked the British to quit India. Now they are doing it themselves. To live with dignity and enjoy relative freedom, one has to quit India! With this massive exodus, what will be left behind will be a violently charged and polarized society.

Obama is coming in 2011 to attend NATO evac ceremony in Afghanistan,during that time he will stay in Pakistan...plus hope by that time Zaradari will be gone and some sensible leader will be leading Pakistan...

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besides there are rumors that he is going there to pressurize india into solving the Kashmir problem with Pakistan if they want a permanent seat in UN SC

Be ready indians for we aren't going for any solution except the one that involves a free plebiscite and let them chose what they want and i guess we all know what they want...

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Some Facts about Super Power india

--According to WFP, India accounts around 50% of the worlds hungry. (more than in the whole of Africa) and its fiscal deficit is one of the highest in the world. Indias Global Hunger Index (GHI) score is 23.7, a rank of 66th out of 88 countries. Indias rating is slightly above Bangladesh but below all other South Asian nations and listed under ALARMING category. Ref: IFPRI Country Report on India
-- 34.7 % of the Indian population lives with an income below $ 1 a day and 79.9 % below $ 2 a day.
--According to CIA world fact book, the Current account balance of India is -37,510,000,000 (minus) while China is the wealthiest country in the world with $ 426,100,000,000 (Plus) . India listed as 182 and China as no.1 [CIA: The world fact book]
--India has over 35 per cent of the worlds total illiterate population. [UNESCO Education for All Report 2008]
--Crime against Dalits (low caste) occur every 20 minutes in India. Every day 3 Dalit women are raped, 2 Dalits are murdered and 2 Dalit houses are burnt down! These figures represent only a fraction of actual incidents since many Dalits do not register cases for fear of retaliation by the police and upper-caste Hindu individuals. More than 165 million Dalits in India are simply abused by their Hindu upper castes for their birth! . [HRW Report2007]
--On an average one Indian woman commits suicide every four hours over a dowry dispute. During Indian marriage, women should bring jewellery, cash and even consumer durables as part of dowry to the in-laws. If they fail, the victims are burnt to death they are doused in kerosene and set fire to. Routinely the in-laws claim that the death happened simply due to an accident.
--Rape is the fastest growing crime in India. Every hour Indian women face two rapes, two kidnappings, four molestations and seven incidents of cruelty from husbands and relatives [National Crime Records Bureau Report 2006]
--Despite the much touted economic boom, only 0.8 percent of Indians own a car most are on foot, motorbikes, or carts. And of all the vehicles sold in India from April to November of last year, 77 percent were two-wheelers motorcycles, mopeds, or scooters.
--A 2006 opinion poll by OutlookAC Nielsen shows that 46 % of Indias urban class wants to settle down in US. Interestingly, in the Hindutva heart land of Gujarat, 54 % of people want to move to US.
--India is the World Banks largest borrower, In June 2007 it provided $3.7bn in new loans to India. Due to the fake India Shining propaganda launched by Hindutva idiots, foreign donors are reluctant to help the poor people in this country.

Quit India!
Sixty years ago Indians asked the British to quit India. Now they are doing it themselves. To live with dignity and enjoy relative freedom, one has to quit India! With this massive exodus, what will be left behind will be a violently charged and polarized society.

what do u think ins more imp to India un veto seat or kashmir?
4 of the current 5 will support us for the most part in general world politics, thats not an issue.
un seat will be handy, but we need more clout and global influence first then un seat will automatically come to us.

i hope some paradise seeking paki blows obama to hell. anyway things are changing UNO is irrelevent it is thing of the past, with changing world geoplitical, it would soon be india pressuring usa  to move out of south america not the other way around.

UNSC seat  does not matter much. in case of imergencies we can rely on our trusted friends. Kashmir is more Important.

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ouch indeed bun, did u accidentaly sat on a giant cactus plant naked thinking its toilet seat.

OMG, at last Obama remember india. what a relieve to india, after Obama forgot (or he does it on purpose?) to call Mr Singh after taking office.

it would soon be india pressuring usa to move out of south america not the other way around.

sikh logic?

hahahahahah

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Some Facts about Super Power india

--According to WFP, India accounts around 50% of the worlds hungry. (more than in the whole of Africa) and its fiscal deficit is one of the highest in the world. Indias Global Hunger Index (GHI) score is 23.7, a rank of 66th out of 88 countries. Indias rating is slightly above Bangladesh but below all other South Asian nations and listed under ALARMING category. Ref: IFPRI Country Report on India
-- 34.7 % of the Indian population lives with an income below $ 1 a day and 79.9 % below $ 2 a day.
--According to CIA world fact book, the Current account balance of India is -37,510,000,000 (minus) while China is the wealthiest country in the world with $ 426,100,000,000 (Plus) . India listed as 182 and China as no.1 [CIA: The world fact book]
--India has over 35 per cent of the worlds total illiterate population. [UNESCO Education for All Report 2008]
--Crime against Dalits (low caste) occur every 20 minutes in India. Every day 3 Dalit women are raped, 2 Dalits are murdered and 2 Dalit houses are burnt down! These figures represent only a fraction of actual incidents since many Dalits do not register cases for fear of retaliation by the police and upper-caste Hindu individuals. More than 165 million Dalits in India are simply abused by their Hindu upper castes for their birth! . [HRW Report2007]
--On an average one Indian woman commits suicide every four hours over a dowry dispute. During Indian marriage, women should bring jewellery, cash and even consumer durables as part of dowry to the in-laws. If they fail, the victims are burnt to death they are doused in kerosene and set fire to. Routinely the in-laws claim that the death happened simply due to an accident.
--Rape is the fastest growing crime in India. Every hour Indian women face two rapes, two kidnappings, four molestations and seven incidents of cruelty from husbands and relatives [National Crime Records Bureau Report 2006]
--Despite the much touted economic boom, only 0.8 percent of Indians own a car most are on foot, motorbikes, or carts. And of all the vehicles sold in India from April to November of last year, 77 percent were two-wheelers motorcycles, mopeds, or scooters.
--A 2006 opinion poll by OutlookAC Nielsen shows that 46 % of Indias urban class wants to settle down in US. Interestingly, in the Hindutva heart land of Gujarat, 54 % of people want to move to US.
--India is the World Banks largest borrower, In June 2007 it provided $3.7bn in new loans to India. Due to the fake India Shining propaganda launched by Hindutva idiots, foreign donors are reluctant to help the poor people in this country.

Quit India!
Sixty years ago Indians asked the British to quit India. Now they are doing it themselves. To live with dignity and enjoy relative freedom, one has to quit India! With this massive exodus, what will be left behind will be a violently charged and polarized society.

ouch indeed bun, did u accidentaly sat on a giant cactus plant naked thinking its toilet seat.

Hahaha


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