Hunooz Dilli door ast.

[Hafizzz]

Qureshi to India on UNSC bid: It’s a long way to go
The Hindu : News / International : Qureshi to India on UNSC bid: It’s a long way to go

India might be upbeat about U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement for a permanent UNSC seat, but Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has only one message for the Indian government — Hunooz Dilli door ast.

Mr. Qureshi invoked Delhi’s most revered sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya while commenting on Mr. Obama’s clear backing for India’s aspirations for a permanent Security Council seat.

“I have a message for the people in Delhi — Hunooz Dilli door ast,” Mr. Qureshi told a news conference at the Foreign Office, using the quote attributed to Nizamuddin Auliya that means “It’s still a long way to Delhi’

The Persian phrase is often used to describe a task that cannot be easily accomplished.

Mr. Qureshi suggested that India’s efforts to gain a permanent membership could be a long-drawn and complicated process despite Mr. Obama’s backing for the move.

Mr. Qureshi was responding to questions about the proposed expansion of the U.N. Security Council and Mr. Obama’s recent endorsement for India’s efforts to join the world body’s key decision-making organ.

Mr. Qureshi, who addressed the news conference with his visiting Italian counterpart Franco Frattini, said Pakistan wants a “comprehensive, democratic and representative” expansion of the Security Council.

He said he had spoken to his Chinese counterpart about Pakistan’s reservations on India’s bid to gain permanent membership of the body and President Asif Ali Zardari is also expected to raise the issue during his ongoing visit to China.

Pakistan has already expressed its opposition to Mr. Obama’s backing for permanent membership of the Security Council for India, saying the move has implications for peace and security in South Asia.

Pakistan has listed India’s strained relations with its neighbours and alleged violation of U.N. resolutions on the Kashmir issue as reasons why it shouldn’t be granted membership of the Security Council.

Mr. Qureshi also said Pakistan and Italy have unanimity of views on the expansion of the Security Council on the basis of regional representation.

He added that the two countries were working closely on many international issues.

Mr. Frattini said the Security Council should not be expanded only to increase the number of permanent members.

Italy is in favour of reforming the Security Council and would not block the membership of any country but the process should be based on “regional representation”, he said.

Replying to a question about the Kashmir issue, Mr. Frattini said, “Yes, it is a problem for Pakistan and needs to be addressed”.

He said it is in India’s interest to have “excellent relations” with Pakistan and that New Delhi should work for “positive movements” to resolve the dispute.

Yup. It will be a VERY LONG WAY for India to "get" permanent U.N. seat. Germany and Japan are ahead of India on the waiting list. So lineup India and wait for your turn to be called.

 

[Peacefulll]

The number of articles you (and other Pakistanis) are posting on this, and the way you are trying, desperately, to convince yourselves that India will not get the seat, makes me so delighted

I'm enjoying the hand-wringing and desperation among Pakistanis. There are a lot more rude shocks like this, coming your way, watch this space.

 

[jha]

Yup. It will be a VERY LONG WAY for India to "get" permanent U.N. seat. Germany and Japan are ahead of India on the waiting list. So lineup India and wait for your turn to be called.

Dilli door ast.--agreed

Comment given with the article -- as usual outcome of frustration ..

 

[Hafizzz]

Dilli door ast.--agreed

Comment given with the article -- as usual outcome of frustration ..

Same comment from Indian Journalist below :

Off-mark on India's UNSC dream
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Off-mark on India's UNSC dream

A statement in President Barack Obama's address to the Lok Sabha that “in the years ahead, I look forward to a reformed United Nations Security Council that includes India as a permanent member” has generated much euphoria in India and an equal amount of anger in Pakistan. India has seen it as an endorsement by the United States of its longstanding efforts to get into the elite club of the world's big powers. In Islamabad, the Cabinet met to “express serious concern and strong disappointment” over what it saw as an act of betrayal by Washington. Both reactions are way off the mark. True, this was the first time a President of the United States expressed such a sentiment. Successive administrations have preferred to talk around the subject. In this sense, Mr. Obama's words represent a symbolic shift in policy. Yet they were nowhere close to an explicit statement of support for India's bid for a permanent seat on the Security Council. Compared to the 2005 statement by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice that the “United States unambiguously supports a permanent seat for Japan on the United Nations Security Council,” President Obama's formulation sounds like a vague promise. Further, his reference to New Delhi's “increased responsibility” was a clear indication that India would first need to pass American tests of responsible conduct in international affairs.

With or without U.S. support, India has a long way to go in its quest for permanent membership of the Security Council. The U.N. has spent years discussing reforms and the comity of nations is far from reaching an agreement on them. President Obama's omission of a timeline in his assurance to India was telling. There is no consensus on any big-ticket item on the reforms agenda, including the expansion of the Security Council and veto powers for the new permanent members. Islamabad could not be unaware of this. Its denunciation of what it has described as India's “chequered” track record in adhering to U.N principles and resolutions suggests that the anger is directed at the larger symbolism of the Obama statement for India-U.S ties. New Delhi and Islamabad have always viewed with suspicion each other's relations with Washington, and the warmth that was apparent during the Obama visit, combined with the frenzied anti-Pakistan sentiments in the Indian broadcast media during the visit, have not gone down well in Pakistan. Since India's permanent membership of the UNSC looks today like a pie in the sky, it is best to treat the Pakistan Cabinet's statement as an over-the-top rant that does not deserve a serious response.

 

[ajtr]

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