What can be said other than a travesty of international diplomacy, norms and decency when US President Barack Obama says that India and the United States should work together to make the world a safer place. So far millions of people, not in hundreds, have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Pakistan since the United States started war on terrorism one and half decades ago and still there is no letup in the killings. India has deployed at least 700,000 strong army troops with latest equipment to quell the popular sentiments of Kashmiris to get their right to self-determination. India is fanning insurgency in Balochistan and has set up various mission offices in parts of Afghanistan to launch and monitor terrorist activities in Pakistan. But the US president is seeking peace from the enemy of peace which is devouring its own people in various parts of the country.
Instead of pushing India to make peace with Pakistan to usher in an era of business development, the United States is encouraging that country to go ahead with its hegemonic plans. The Pakistan government has taken very cautious approach toward the development in the region. The US-Indian nuclear deal could have detrimental effects in South Asian regionas Pakistan has the right to maintain minimum nuclear deterrentfor the peace and stability in the region and it reserves the right to safeguard its national security.
India and its partners should understand that the era of wars has been over and now the main thrust is on economy and investment. Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz is perfectly all right in his statement that Pakistan is taking a careful note of the narratives of the US-Indian leaders and agreements reached between the two countries will have global and regional repercussions. Aziz also says that the government is examining long-term implications of the US-India agreements with regard to the security of Pakistan and a joint statement issued at the conclusion of President Obama’s visit suggests that India is ready to enter Nuclear Suppliers Group and other export control regimes.He says that allowing India to get exemption from NSG rules would further compound the already fragile strategic balance in South Asia, which will undermine the credibility of the NSG itself and will weaken the non-proliferation regime. He says that Pakistan opposesthe policies of selectivity and discrimination.
Earlier, China had expressed similar views calling upon India to take more steps to meet requirements of the NSGand a decision to expand the group should be based on consensus through full discussions by member states in the light of standards and procedure of the group.India has always violated the United Nations Security Council resolutions and ignored the voices of the international community and the people of Jammu and Kashmir and it does not qualify for a special status in the Security Council.