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| Jos1311 | Feb 12 2013, 12:50 AM Post #1 |
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![]() NEW YORK SUMMIT ____________________ President of the United States _____ I would like to welcome the representatives of both the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I believe that we have a difficult task ahead of us, but that this task requires the utmost commitment from all sides, as it is the best interest of all to come to an agreement on demilitarizing the Line of Control (LoC). In the past months we have seen both sides take action to build up troop strength along the so called LoC, this worrisome development came after various small firefights between forces stationed along this volatile border. The world saw large troop deployments into Kashmir and as a direct result of this the tensions spiked. Currently both Pakistan and India have deployed considerable amounts of troop along the LoC, something that is not desirable. Washington would like to see what both Islamabad and New Delhi would like to see in return for a significant reduction of forces in the region of Kashmir. I have to stress that the proposals that will be put forward during these talks will need to be realistic and feasible. The first and foremost matter to be addressed is the scaling down of military assets in the region of Kashmir. Washington is very keen to prevent yet another armed conflict between both Islamabad and New Delhi, as such is not deemed in the interest of the region, or even the entire international community. Once I have heard the wishes of both sides, Washington will mediate the talks in order to find a solution to this situation. Thank you. |
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| Publius | Feb 12 2013, 01:12 PM Post #2 |
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Prime Minister of India _____ I thank the President for his offer to host these talks and willingness to mediate between our two countries. We certainly hope we can come to an agreement to ramp down the deployments along the LoC and maybe even make some progress on the long term peace process for the region while we're here. We share many of the goals the US has lain out for this summit, but we have serious concerns about withdrawing troops currently engaged with insurgent groups in the Kashmir Valley. Our overall assets deployed along the LoC are actually few in number and are deployed entirely defensively to prevent weapons or reinforcements from being smuggled in to the valley from Pakistan. We are, however, willing to reconsider our limited deployments if Pakistan gets serious about rooting out terrorist islamists like Lashkar-e-Taiba from operating out of camps within its borders. With the terrorist groups coercive force is largely rooted out we can work on several outstanding issues in the region- return of the Pandits from their refugee status and increased devolution for the Kashmir Valley itself, but this can only happen when these groups are largely nullified as a coercive force in the area. |
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| Jos1311 | Feb 13 2013, 01:08 AM Post #3 |
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President of the United States _____ I understand that New Delhi has assets in the Kashmir Valley, in order to combat terrorism in the greater Kashmir region, and that New Delhi is reluctant to withdraw this personnel, as it could lead to an increase in weapon smuggling into the valley area. The desire expressed by New Delhi is that Islamabad increases its effort to reduce smuggling of weapons and insurgents over the border, in return New Delhi is willing to lower the troop levels it has stationed in the region. This stance has been noted and I call upon the Pakistani delegation to present their proposal/plans to the matter. |
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| Redbirdfan | Feb 15 2013, 02:29 PM Post #4 |
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Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf ______________________ Pakistan supports the freedoms of all peoples and creeds. As such, we feel for the suppressed people of Jammu/Kashmir under Indian rule. As we speak, Indian troops are conducting illegal activities, such as illegal search and seizure, and crimes against humanity, such as well documented rape by Indian troops. As such, an increase in troops by India leads to more instability and more crimes. Pakistan cannot begin removing our troops while India maintains a heightened level of troops and operations tempo. We suggest that for any lasting solutions, there needs to be an agreed troop limit along the LOC. |
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| Publius | Feb 16 2013, 12:07 PM Post #5 |
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Prime Minister of India For us to agree to troop limits or any sort of ordered withdrawal from the valley we need Pakistan to commit to rooting out the LeT and other terrorist elements that operate within its borders. Given that we have no commitment or suggestion that Pakistan might be willing to do this in exchange for something, but do have continued demands for withdrawal of troops from our sovereign territory we're not sure we have much to discuss. In the meantime we will again note that Indian troops are in an entirely defensive posture, with very few offensive assets deployed as part of this operation, so Pakistan can rest assured that we are not planning an escalation of the conflict. |
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| Redbirdfan | Feb 18 2013, 04:07 PM Post #6 |
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Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf ______________________ Islamabad, at the agreement of fixed troop levels, can agree to not support the militant actions of the LeT group. Pakistani soldiers are also in defensive postures around the LoC. |
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| Publius | Feb 20 2013, 11:30 PM Post #7 |
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Prime Minister of India That is agreeable to us. Naturally we would require observers for both sides to make sure the deal is upheld. Does Pakistan have a specific troop limit in mind? |
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| Redbirdfan | Feb 25 2013, 03:16 PM Post #8 |
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Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf ______________________ We can agree to a limit of three thousand men. |
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| Publius | Feb 26 2013, 02:08 AM Post #9 |
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Prime Minister of India We think a limit of 3,000 troops in positions near the LoC in Azad-Kashmir Valley is perfectly reasonable. I'd also like to propose the halting of all air patrols from both sides near the border, particularly since those sorts of things have a good chance of leading to incidents that make it extremely hard for cooler heads to prevail. We do not, however, consider the deployment of troops relatively deep within sovereign Indian territory to be a threat to Pakistan. If Pakistan is successful in reducing the LeT's ability to operate within Pakistan than we estimate our troops in the valley will be able to stand down not long after the outside support for the group dries up. Until we are assured that these actions are being taken, however, we must continue our anti-militant operations to protect Indian lives, but our troops actually in defensive positions along the LoC that Pakistan considers threatening will be significantly reduced and vice-versa. Is the United States willing to deploy observers, working with the other members of the UNSC, to make sure both sides honor such an agreement? Edited by Publius, Feb 26 2013, 02:12 AM.
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| Circo | Feb 26 2013, 07:21 AM Post #10 |
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President of the United States I must state that I am pleased with the progress being made at this Summit. The United States would be willing to deploy observers, and seek fellow UNSC nations to participate, should both parties request such a deployment. |
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