JK news from India

[globalvillage]

NEW DELHI: With India not convinced about Pakistan's crackdown on terror outfits in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, influential US Senator John Kerry arrived here Sunday on a two-day visit with a message of solidarity from the incoming Obama administration to calm tensions in the region.

Kerry will meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Monday to discuss the US' perception of Pakistan's action against terrorist outfits which India blames for the Nov 26 terror attacks in Mumbai.

Kerry, who will be chairman of the influential Senate Committee for Foreign Relations in the incoming administration, is also expected to call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

He is carrying an important message from US president-elect Barack Obama, who takes charge Jan 20, that unveils the incoming administration's plans for close cooperation between New Delhi and Washington on counter-terrorism and regional issues, reliable sources said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Kerry_in_India_with_Obamas_Mumbai_message/articleshow/3836241.cms

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[Inuca]

1. Interesting. I thought

he was only going to Poznan.

[globalvillage]

2. What I heard was

Poznan, Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Kuwait. And I think Russia, but not sure.

[Muttocracy]

5. Kerry conducting important diplomacy while Bush does his mock victory lap... nt

[Luftmensch067]

6. I heard about Bush getting those shoes thrown at him

and making idiotic jokes afterward. I can't imagine JK showing such ignorance and lack of regard for the true meaning of that gesture and the despair and anger that must have been part of the cause. Bush, it seems, has learned nothing and couldn't care less.

[Muttocracy]

7. despair and anger - exactly - because they know asking a question would be pointless. sigh. nt

[Luftmensch067]

3. I'm grateful to you for posting the latest news on this trip!

JK is truly going to be an influential force (and the Indian and Pakistani press has often seemed to recognize that, through the years) of calm, compassion and commonsense. He is one of the incoming administration's most powerful and effective assets. All blessings to him in his travels.

[YvonneCa]

4. Did you read the comments? It baffles me...

...how the world can be at such a critical point...and yet some people can be so stupid when it comes to John Kerry.

[ProSense]

8. More news from India

Posted here



US Senator John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Indian Foreign
Minister Pranab Mukherjee during a meeting in New Delhi.
Kerry visited India Monday and put fresh pressure on Pakistan
over the Mumbai attacks, saying its powerful spy agency
must be brought under control.




US Senator John Kerry (L) shakes hands with
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee during
a meeting in New Delhi. Kerry visited India
Monday and put fresh pressure on Pakistan over
the Mumbai attacks, saying its powerful spy
agency must be brought under control.

[karynnj]

9. That picture really makes the Senator look tall.!