'Leaders Violating This Spirit Will Pay A Price'
The Pakistan foreign minister on the cricket matches and their implications for Indo-Pak relations and, of course, on the 'real problem of J&K'.<a > Updates</a>
Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmud Kasuri is a busy man these days. In March alone he hosted seven foreign ministers and flew down to Lahore to see the cricket ODI. There, he attended a power dinner thrown for the Indian national security advisor, Brajesh Mishra. Ever since, he has been hounded by newspersons keen to know what transpired between him and Mishra. On the day the foreign minister met Mariana Baabar, he had just returned from Lahore after a four-hour drive. Later in the evening he was to fly off to Lahore on his way to Berlin and Beijing. Kasuri, as always, spoke with candour about cricket matches and its implications for Indo-Pak relations. Excerpts from an interview:
Did you expect Indo-Pak cricket to generate such warmth and friendship?
In what ways are these sentiments different from those in the past?
Are these sentiments durable?
How does Pakistan propose to build upon these sentiments?
Do you think the warmth the people of two countries have displayed towards each other will make it easier to find a solution on Kashmir?
Did you and Brajesh Mishra talk politics during or after the match? What was your conversation about?
What's the next step in our relations?
Did India's response on Washington's decision to grant Major Non-nato Ally (MNNA) status to Pakistan surprise you?
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