Hints Of Cooperation Put Leaders Of Pakistan And India On The Defensive At Home

Prime Ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan, left, and Manmohan Singh of India met last month in Egypt and released a statement that seemed to point toward a thaw in relations. Amr Nabil/Associated Press

From New York Times:

NEW DELHI — When the prime ministers of India and Pakistan met recently on the sidelines of a regional summit meeting in Egypt, they hammered out a joint statement that seemed to point toward greater cooperation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

After months of tension over the attacks in Mumbai last November, in which gunmen from Pakistan rampaged through India’s financial capital and killed more than 160 people, the two sides seemed open to the possibility of resuming full-blown talks.

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My Comment: Hindus and Muslims have been at war with each other .... forever. The best that can be expected from this "new era of cooperation" is a lessening of tensions between the two sides .... but I am not optimistic.

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