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India's NSA issues curious 'clarification'
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) India's National Security Adviser M K Narayanan Wednesday issued a curious "clarification" on his recent comments that US President Barack Obama would be "barking up the wrong tree" if he links Kashmir issue with addressing the turmoil in Pakistan's tribal areas.
A brief statement issued by the Media Adviser to the
Prime Minister said that "references made" by Narayanan in an
interview to television journalist Karan Thapar "were answers
to specific questions put by the interviewer".
"It is further clarified that the underlying theme of
the reply to the question on Indo-US relations was the high
expectation India had from the Obama Administration with a
hope being expressed that it would be possible for India to
make the new Administration appreciate India's positions and
views on the region, including Kashmir," the Media Adviser's
statement said.
Surprisingly, the statement did not make any mention of
Narayanan's controversial statement in the same interview that
Pakistan had reverted to India with a number of questions on
the Indian dossier on the Mumbai terror attack, a comment that
directly contradicts the stand taken by Indian External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The Minister had maintained that Pakistan had not
officially responded to India.
The contradictions have prompted suggestions in the
media that the government was speaking in different voices on
Pakistan and that there was a rift at the top in the
government on the issue.
The "clarification", however, made a mention of another
point Narayanan had made in the interview about former
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that it was possible for
India to do business with him.
The statement said the reference to the situation in
Pakistan and the role of Musharraf were also made in the
context of specific questions put by the interviewer.
"Selective quotes taken out of context from the detailed
answers have tended to give a distorted idea of what was
actually said," it added. PTI AKK
A brief statement issued by the Media Adviser to the
Prime Minister said that "references made" by Narayanan in an
interview to television journalist Karan Thapar "were answers
to specific questions put by the interviewer".
"It is further clarified that the underlying theme of
the reply to the question on Indo-US relations was the high
expectation India had from the Obama Administration with a
hope being expressed that it would be possible for India to
make the new Administration appreciate India's positions and
views on the region, including Kashmir," the Media Adviser's
statement said.
Surprisingly, the statement did not make any mention of
Narayanan's controversial statement in the same interview that
Pakistan had reverted to India with a number of questions on
the Indian dossier on the Mumbai terror attack, a comment that
directly contradicts the stand taken by Indian External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The Minister had maintained that Pakistan had not
officially responded to India.
The contradictions have prompted suggestions in the
media that the government was speaking in different voices on
Pakistan and that there was a rift at the top in the
government on the issue.
The "clarification", however, made a mention of another
point Narayanan had made in the interview about former
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that it was possible for
India to do business with him.
The statement said the reference to the situation in
Pakistan and the role of Musharraf were also made in the
context of specific questions put by the interviewer.
"Selective quotes taken out of context from the detailed
answers have tended to give a distorted idea of what was
actually said," it added. PTI AKK
