India won't come in way of Israel-Pak ties: Krishna

[StormShadow]

Jerusalem: India on Tuesday said it was up to Israel and Pakistan to decide the kind of ties they want to have after former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf suggested establishing diplomatic ties with the Jewish nation to counter its "pro-India" policy.

"I think it is between Israel and Pakistan to decide what kind of relationship they want to establish, as much as it is between Israel and India to decide what kind of relationship we want to establish", Foreign Minister SM Krishna said at a press conference answering a question on the issue.

He said it is upto Jerusalem to decide on the issue and New Delhi will not come on the way.

"We will certainly not come in the way of Israel having its relationship with any other country because each relationship stand ultimately on the values on which we stand for," the Minister, who is on a two-day visit here to mark 20

years of the establishment of Indo-Israeli diplomatic ties.

However, Krishna said that India and Israel have a lot in common, being two democracies that are governed by rule of law and adult suffrage among many other things.

"So we would certainly like Israel to look into all these", he added.

The former Pakistani president in an interview to daily Ha'aretz last weekend said it would be in Pakistan's interest to get closer to Israel to counter the "pro-India" stand usually adopted by Israel.

He said closer ties with Israel could help Pakistan in countering India on the Kashmir dispute.

Musharraf had said the Jewish state is a fait accompli and relations with it can help Islamabad come closer to the strong Jewish lobby in the US.

The influential Jewish lobby takes a strong anti-Pakistan stand on Kashmir because of Israel's close ties with New Delhi, he said.

India won't come in way of Israel-Pak ties: Krishna - World News - IBNLive

 

[Screambowl]

Indeed every country is free to determine relations with other country, be it economic, strategic, etc. There is no Indian role in between.

 

[joekrish]

True who are we to decide
But pick us

 

[EastWest]

I dont understand why Pakistanis think that if Pakistan start having diplomatic relationship with Israel, Israel is going to stop supplying weapons to India.

will US stop giving weapons to India if there is wave of good relationship between US and Pakistan?

Does US stop giving weapons to Pakistan now that we have good relationship with us(India)?

Does China stop giving weapons to Pakistan now that it has a steady and stable relationship with India?

Does US stop giving weapons to Taiwan even though China is US's largest trading partner?

I believe Pakistan lives in a cuckoo land of their own making..

 

[Screambowl]

I dont understand why Pakistanis think that if Pakistan start having diplomatic relationship with Israel, Israel is going to stop supplying weapons to India.

will US stop giving weapons to India if there is wave of good relationship between US and Pakistan?

Does US stop giving weapons to Pakistan now that we have good relationship with us(India)?

Does China stop giving weapons to Pakistan now that it has a steady and stable relationship with India?

Does US stop giving weapons to Taiwan even though China is US's largest trading partner?

I believe Pakistan lives in a cuckoo land of their own making..

Pakistan wants ISI and MOSSAD network to penetrate RAW and make India Diplomatically weak and bring Israel much closer to China. Technology and Intel smuggling from Israel to Pakistan is also the agenda. As the consulates open, Pakistan ke mama log harqat karne lag jayenge.

This is the reason why MUsharraf tried to arrange meetings secretly of two counterparts in Washington DC in 2003.

But its on Israel to decide its foreign policy as it is a sovereign country.

 

[graphican]

That is one Legendary Ridiculous statement!

 

[IceCold]

By giving out this statement alone shows India's intentions on such development. Question arises why? Because first no way near future this is going to happen because accepting Israel is a very touchy subject in Pakistan and second even if diplomatic ties begin between the two countries, it would nothing more then opening a few embassies here and there. Mr Krishna needs to relax.

 

[rockstarIN]

By giving out this statement alone shows India's intentions on such development. Question arises why? Because first no way near future this is going to happen because accepting Israel is a very touchy subject in Pakistan and second even if diplomatic ties begin between the two countries, it would nothing more then opening a few embassies here and there. Mr Krishna needs to relax.

read again the post dear....he was 'answering' questions in a press conference. He is a minister and need to answer the questions.

He will again answer a question in the same way that if India has any problem with Pakistan having deplomatic relations with Pandora.

 

[IceCold]

JThe influential Jewish lobby takes a strong anti-Pakistan stand on Kashmir because of Israel's close ties with New Delhi, he said.

And this is not going to change anytime soon. Mr Musharraf needs a wake up call.
On a personal note i have always like Musharraf's out of the box approach. There is no point in not accepting Israel since the jewish state is a reality which is not going to change and by not accepting, we havent been able to help the Palestine cause at all.

 

[IceCold]

read again the post dear....he was 'answering' questions in a press conference. He is a minister and need to answer the questions.

I have actually. Why is it that things about Pakistan which does not even concern India are discussed in India and then we have Indian ministers answering those.
The very fact that he is answering shows that India indeed would not want Pakistan to develop any ties with Israel and use this to its favor, although i don't now by just developing ties or accepting Israel will change any of that to Pakistan's favor. You can't expect Israel to be that naive.

 

[Mech]

I have actually. Why is it that things about Pakistan which does not even concern India are discussed in India and then we have Indian ministers answering those.
The very fact that he is answering shows that India indeed would not want Pakistan to develop any ties with Israel and use this to its favor, although i don't now by just developing ties or accepting Israel will change any of that to Pakistan's favor. You can't expect Israel to be that naive.

The question was asked in Jerusalem by Israeli reporters. *sigh* Try reading word by word the next time.....it might help sort out your comprehension issues.

 

[IceCold]

The question was asked in Jerusalem by Israeli reporters. *sigh* Try reading word by word the next time.....it might help sort out your comprehension issues.

I wasnt just pointing out to this but guess what someone was in a hurry to press the reply button.
So thanks but no thanks

 

[rockstarIN]

I have actually. Why is it that things about Pakistan which does not even concern India are discussed in India and then we have Indian ministers answering those.
The very fact that he is answering shows that India indeed would not want Pakistan to develop any ties with Israel and use this to its favor, although i don't now by just developing ties or accepting Israel will change any of that to Pakistan's favor. You can't expect Israel to be that naive.

The answer is that there are more than 20 national news channels apart from print media. They need news and this guy, like any other minister has to reply to the questions, be it in press conference, in the parliament or through RTI

 

[ganesh623]

I have actually. Why is it that things about Pakistan which does not even concern India are discussed in India and then we have Indian ministers answering those.
The very fact that he is answering shows that India indeed would not want Pakistan to develop any ties with Israel and use this to its favor, although i don't now by just developing ties or accepting Israel will change any of that to Pakistan's favor. You can't expect Israel to be that naive.

Ofcourse he will answer to the question, he is indian minister and is answerable to question posed by journalists.
Not a chinese minister who have the luxury of shouting "shut up" and show the back to the question raised.

 

[rama]

Pakistan jst cannot accept Israel..they'll not risk Arab-Pakistan relation just to counter pro-Indian policy of Israel, now for maintaining good strategic relationship with Israelites they'll actually have to recognize Israel which they are denying from very long.