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MENENDEZ URGES SECRETARY AUSTIN TO USE UPCOMING TRIP TO INDIA TO DISCUSS DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPOSITION TO S-400 MISSILE SYSTEM

Ay man, like I said.

Pakistan and America are strategic competitors, the fact that yanks are reduced to negotiating peace with our proxy in Afghanistan, say a lot. You can keep on getting your premature ejaculations on some tactical issues. lol

On the other hand, America has taken India into its embrace for a very long time, even pre 9/11. India has been very good at sucking up to yanks as well. So all of the sudden this rather public rebuke to India? You yourself on other thread were very enthusiastic about your entry in Afghan peace deal stating that US is there (implying India will ride on yanks shoulders like monkey :) ) . So whats happening? ;)

I think India has given up a lot to China recently after "spiked bat diplomacy". And yanks are not happy about it.
 
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US panel urges defence chief to take up HR violations with Delhi
Anwar IqbalPublished March 19, 2021 - Updated about 12 hours ago
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This file photo shows US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. — AFP/File

This file photo shows US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. — AFP/File


WASHINGTON: The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has urged Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to raise human rights and democracy issues with Indian leaders during his visit to India.
Mr Austin, the first US defence secretary to include India on his maiden foreign trip, is scheduled to visit the country from March 19 to 21. During his three-day stay in India, he is slated to meet his counterpart Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval.
As a former head of the US Central Command, which includes both Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gen Austin is well-aware of the tensions that make South Asia such a sensitive region.
In a letter sent to the defence secretary on March 17, the committee’s chairman Senator Robert Mendez urged him to “raise democracy and human rights concerns in your discussions with the Indian government.”
The senator wrote that he too would like to see the US-India partnership grow, “but we must acknowledge that the partnership is strong when based on shared democratic values and the Indian government has been trending away from those values.”
Raising another key issue that irks both policy and lawmakers in Washington, Mr Mendez wrote: “I also expect that you will raise the administration’s opposition to India’s reportedly planned purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system, which threatens future US-India defence cooperation and puts India at risk of sanctions under Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).”
Condemning the Indian government’s ongoing crackdown on farmers protesting new land laws and corresponding intimidation of journalists and government critics, the letter noted that such measures “only underscore the deteriorating situation of democracy in India.”
The letter also highlighted rising anti-Muslim sentiment and related government actions like the Citizenship Amendments Act, the suppression of political dialogue and arrest of political opponents following the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir. It noted that the use of sedition laws to persecute political opponents caused the US human rights group Freedom House to strip India of its “Free” status in its yearly global survey.
The letter reminded Gen Austin that the US national security strategy, which clearly states that “democracy is essential to meeting the challenges of our time.”
Acknowledging the need to partner with India to address China’s growing influence, the letter warned US policy makers not to “let our democratic values fall away.”
“I urge officials to make clear that respect for democratic values is necessary for strong, sustainable US-India relations,” he wrote.
Getting back to India’s planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system, the letter acknowledged that India was not a US treaty ally and has had historical ties with the Soviet and Russian militaries.
“However, if India chooses to go forward with its purchase of S-400, that act will clearly constitute a significant, and therefore sanctionable, transaction with the Russian defence sector under section 231 of CAATSA,” the letter added.
The purchase would also “limit India’s ability to work with the US on developments and procurement of sensitive military technology,” the letter explained.
The Indian media, while reporting the contents of the letter, noted that “in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Menendez plays a key role in influencing the country’s foreign policy and national security.”
His predecessors include President Joe Biden and former secretary of state John Kerry who greatly influenced US policies towards South Asia, particularly Pakistan and Afghanistan as heads of the committee.
Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2021
 
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yes, sanctions maybe applied to india. but the real reason by the defence secretary is going to india for its to tell modi that america is very disappointed at how india turned tail & completely collapsed in front of China in last year's ladhak war and india needs to meet washington's expectations of being a true hostile front against China if it wants to continue being in washington's list of allies. this puts india in a very precarious position, on one hand india is expected to fight a power that it can't even stand up to let alone fight while on the other hand, ditching the u.s. and crawling back to Russia would make her look like a two timing slut who cheated on her Russian husband with her american boyfriend but when that boyfriend ditched her then she went back to her husband begging him to take her back. I have a feeling india will do as america says so we can expect ladhak and uranachal pradesh to get hot again this year. now of course, that means that we'll be getting flooded with news of indian soldiers "committing suicide" again...
 
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You mean the one who droned our citizens into smithereens and we couldn't do anything about it?


u mean that country that blew your front line jets and made your military look like a dodo...

and you really couldn't do any thing about it?...

or that country that blew your soldiers heads with baseball bats?..
 
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u mean that country that blew your front line jets and made your military look like a dodo...

and you really couldn't do any thing about it?...

or that country that blew your soldiers heads with baseball bats?..
What happened on Feb 27 th.

India came deep inside Pakistan and came back.
In response on the 27th Pakistan stays in it's airspace and targets inside India.
In response mig21 fighter crosses into pakistani airspace and got shot down and as per your own officials your whole air force was airborne for what to bring down mig21 in your airspace .nice victory .

Sure dude on china ,do you have any idea what prompted the mighty pla to withdraw.
 
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Indeed



I really wish I can see your leaders say this on the face of yanks what you are saying now. :D
I don't know what is super power but when we crossed the loc went inside Pakistan all the major powers supported us,when India integrated kashmir with India by removing article 370 and 35 A no one bothered even though pakistan was crying at the top of its voice.
And for the first time in history pakistan was not able to get the minimum 13 countries to support it at UN.
 
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US panel urges defence chief to take up HR violations with Delhi
Anwar IqbalPublished March 19, 2021 - Updated about 12 hours ago
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92
This file photo shows US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. — AFP/File

This file photo shows US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. — AFP/File


WASHINGTON: The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has urged Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to raise human rights and democracy issues with Indian leaders during his visit to India.
Mr Austin, the first US defence secretary to include India on his maiden foreign trip, is scheduled to visit the country from March 19 to 21. During his three-day stay in India, he is slated to meet his counterpart Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval.
As a former head of the US Central Command, which includes both Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gen Austin is well-aware of the tensions that make South Asia such a sensitive region.
In a letter sent to the defence secretary on March 17, the committee’s chairman Senator Robert Mendez urged him to “raise democracy and human rights concerns in your discussions with the Indian government.”
The senator wrote that he too would like to see the US-India partnership grow, “but we must acknowledge that the partnership is strong when based on shared democratic values and the Indian government has been trending away from those values.”
Raising another key issue that irks both policy and lawmakers in Washington, Mr Mendez wrote: “I also expect that you will raise the administration’s opposition to India’s reportedly planned purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system, which threatens future US-India defence cooperation and puts India at risk of sanctions under Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).”
Condemning the Indian government’s ongoing crackdown on farmers protesting new land laws and corresponding intimidation of journalists and government critics, the letter noted that such measures “only underscore the deteriorating situation of democracy in India.”
The letter also highlighted rising anti-Muslim sentiment and related government actions like the Citizenship Amendments Act, the suppression of political dialogue and arrest of political opponents following the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir. It noted that the use of sedition laws to persecute political opponents caused the US human rights group Freedom House to strip India of its “Free” status in its yearly global survey.
The letter reminded Gen Austin that the US national security strategy, which clearly states that “democracy is essential to meeting the challenges of our time.”
Acknowledging the need to partner with India to address China’s growing influence, the letter warned US policy makers not to “let our democratic values fall away.”
“I urge officials to make clear that respect for democratic values is necessary for strong, sustainable US-India relations,” he wrote.
Getting back to India’s planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system, the letter acknowledged that India was not a US treaty ally and has had historical ties with the Soviet and Russian militaries.
“However, if India chooses to go forward with its purchase of S-400, that act will clearly constitute a significant, and therefore sanctionable, transaction with the Russian defence sector under section 231 of CAATSA,” the letter added.
The purchase would also “limit India’s ability to work with the US on developments and procurement of sensitive military technology,” the letter explained.
The Indian media, while reporting the contents of the letter, noted that “in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Menendez plays a key role in influencing the country’s foreign policy and national security.”
His predecessors include President Joe Biden and former secretary of state John Kerry who greatly influenced US policies towards South Asia, particularly Pakistan and Afghanistan as heads of the committee.
Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2021

India is going to be sanctioned by the US for buying S-400 system from Russia.

Modi screwed up Indian foreign policy big time.

Foolishly got into a fight with China, Lost Russia to Pakistan and now getting sanctioned by the US.

What a failure!
 
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