India Aggressively Lobbied Against Richard Holbrooke

[shuntmaster]

^^ Succeeded with what? Your post is quite confusing and can imply all sorts of things.

Succeeded in internationalizing Kashmir issue and preventing US from intervening there.
The recent statements by UN gen. sec. and Pres. Obama are testimony to this.

 

[TechLahore]

^ uh ok. We support your internationalization of the Kashmir issue.

 

[third eye]

Sad to see a seasoned diplomat go.

India did well to protect its interests against enormous pressure.

 

[STAR SCREAM]

well!late hollbrook tried his best . Now we got another one to replace him ,hope indians govt started lobbying much harder than ever else GOI IS IN VERY MUCH POSITION TO CANCEL 15BILLION OF WORTH DEAL AND PASS ON EUROPE AND RUSSIA .

 

[Ignited Mind]

^ uh ok. We support your internationalization of the Kashmir issue.

I think he meant 'internalising'. Most probably, a typo.

 

[KS]

First things first - R.I.P Mr.Holbrooke.

But I likes these things :

At an off-the-record Aspen Strategy Group meeting held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. in early December, a high-level delegation from India told American foreign policy experts that India might preemptively make Richard Holbrooke persona non grata if his South Asia envoy mandate officially included India or Kashmir, people familiar with the meeting said.

But in the solid, stolid Indian government, Holbrooke, the irresistible force, met the immovable object. "New Delhi must have caused the ruptured aorta," was the feeble joke in the Indian analysts' community,

But New Delhi, questioning the line of argument linking Afghanistan to Kashmir, balked. The Obama administration was persuaded to keep Holbrooke's mandate restricted to Afghanistan and Pakistan,

For several months thereafter, Holbrooke tried to visit New Delhi, but there was always "scheduling problems" and the two sides struggled to find "mutually acceptable dates" – diplospeak for "you are not welcome just now."

When New Delhi finally consented to receive him in January this year, it was not the lion it expected, but a lamb. As Ambassador Timothy Roemer reported in his cable to Washington DC Holbrooke, in his meeting with India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, "noted that he comes with a clear vision of the centrality of India to the strategic landscape in the region... He reiterated that his portfolio explicitly excludes India...

 

[Renegade]

India has consistently maintained that no foreign mediation is welcome in Kashmir. So Richard Holbrooke got the cold shoulder from New Delhi & a rather cold one at that. This has been our policy for long & the surprise expressed in the form of the article astound me. People who are well read on the matter are aware of the situation, only the ignorant ones seem genuinely surprised (makes one one wonder as to how much do they really know or do they routinely base their comments on half-truths & emotional impulses).

This whole episode also shows our growing confidence & Americas willingness to accommodate our concerns.

 

[somebozo]

Cheap indian media and state will do anything to claim fame..no death of Hoolbrooke becomes a cause of indian pride..thu thu thu!

 

[SpArK]

Cant believe the love showered after going through some posts of few on these threads.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/73418-world-cannot-pay-pakistan-flood-disaster-holbrooke.html


http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/44853-undiplomatic-behaviour-mr-holbrooke-pakistani-politicians.html

http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/25674-no-evidence-india-supporting-terror-pakistan-holbrooke.html

http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/72997-holbrooke-said-no-more-money-name-flood.html

 

[BATMAN]

Good job India, not only this we also made sure he was not welcomed in India. Every country has to make sure they protect their interest.

Good job what? death of Holbrook?

 

[F-16_Falcon]

Is India behind the death of HoolbrOoke?

 

[F-16_Falcon]

Cant believe the love showered after going through some posts of few on these threads.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/73418-world-cannot-pay-pakistan-flood-disaster-holbrooke.html


http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/44853-undiplomatic-behaviour-mr-holbrooke-pakistani-politicians.html

http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/25674-no-evidence-india-supporting-terror-pakistan-holbrooke.html

http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/72997-holbrooke-said-no-more-money-name-flood.html

He was Fool-broke.

 

[Omar1984]

In contrast to India's reaction to the late Amb. Holbrooke:

»*President confers Hilal-e-Pakistan upon Holbrooke
President confers Hilal-e-Pakistan upon Holbrooke
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President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday visited the US Embassy to offer his condolences at the sad demise of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and lauded his services for Pakistan. While recording his message in the condolence book, the President said, “Pakistanis, like many other around the world, mourn the death of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, a great intellect and force for good, a personal friend of Pakistan, my wife Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and myself.” “His untiring efforts to enhance US-Pakistan relations and his assistance during the Swat crisis and the devastating flood that have affected Pakistan will never be forgotten,” he observed. The President also announced conferment of Hilal-e-Pakistan upon Ambassador Richard Holbrooke posthumously for his meritorious services to strengthen Pak-US bilateral relations. The President also gave the US Ambassador a letter for Mrs. Richard Holbrooke. The President was received at the US Embassy by Cameron P.Munter, US ambassador in Pakistan.

What did Richard Holbrooke do for Pakistan that made him get this prestigious Pakistani award?

 

[Peace Sells no one buying]

What did Richard Holbrooke do for Pakistan that made him get this prestigious Pakistani award?

Be a Westerner that India didn't like?

 

[BATMAN]

Is India behind the death of HoolbrOoke?

Yes it was all systamatic the person (Marc Grossman) replacing him runs a company which lobby for Indian interests in US.
The Cohen Group: Expertise: Regional Expertise: India

You can say the new person will work for indian interests more than Indians.