India's ruling BJP party, which is gearing for elections next year, advocates a tough stance towards Pakistan [Edgar Su/Reuters]
Reuters: India calls off planned meeting with Pakistan's foreign minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India called off on Friday a planned meeting of its foreign minister with her Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly later this month.
India has decided to drop the idea of the proposed meeting, the first such high-level talk planned in years between the nuclear rivals, to protest about the killing of Indian security personnel and the glorification of a militant and militancy by Pakistan, India’s foreign office said in a statement.
The ministry had announced the meeting after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, suggesting their foreign ministers meet in New York.
But the statement said that since its announcement “two deeply disturbing developments have taken place”.
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In 2000 it was feared there might be a nuclear exchange. Supply chains were disrupted between that and the dock strike.
Now it is nothing?
One of the players Pakistan, is the one the U.S> has beef with over covert support for the Taliban.
This is the same thing they do to India except in that case it is more overt.
U.S. relations with Pakistan needs an anal exam.