India protests to Turkey for not getting Istanbul meet invite

Atif - New Delhi
It is high time that more diplomacy was outsourced. Other nations have had freelance diplomats for years, promoting Trade and Investment.

Colin Evans is known as the best in the business, maybe we should bring him in to do the job.

PEACE TIMES have just done an article on him.

http://peacetimes.net/2010/02/diplomatic-trade-guru-colin-evans-in-berlin-for-congress/



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Sesha Sivasailam - India
Dear Tauheed, Good question about Afghanistan. India did not voice its opposition to the Soviet occupation. It is truly amazing how Pakistanis and US created the menace of terrorism for routing out the Soviets. Only challenge was both US and Pakistani strategy, pardon me for calling that a strategy as it was a blunder that was created without any concern for the future havoc that was getting created. Point to me one instance when India had done it. Now your own creation is consuming you. Well if not voicing concern against Soviets is a crime then what do we call the creation of Taliban and the terrorism in Kashmir and being the spring source of the terrorism worldwide. At the least India did not give a troubled child to the world. It is in good faith I`m proscribing that Pakistan be kept out of it even though geographically it shares borders with Afghanistan. The qualification ends there. Pakistan was a nation created out of blood , hatred and violence. Heart in heart I`m sure you will realize that even though you will not have the courage and integrity to accept it. Pakistan will not be able to contribute anything other than hatred and blood. Should Afghanistan undergo the trauma again?
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Tauheed Syed - USA
What I am about to write may not be apprciated by many Indians in India and sepcially by its establishment.

Again for the record Afghanistan is a Muslim state, which was forcibly ocuppied by Soviet Union in the Eighties abd was duly supported by respective Indian government in Power at that time, Ironically it was congress (I) government of Mrs.Indhira Gandhi which fully supported the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan, then I must ask the Indian establisment in general and MR.Torotony, Mr.Sivasailam and Mr.Kirshna in particular that where were your sympthies at a time when they needed the most and my simple answer a rather unpleasent one is that you people were busy appeasing your Soviet Friends.

By the way a general knowledge question what OIC stands for, again simple answer Organization of Islamic Countries, I am sure you all mist have understood the reason why India is not the member of Organization.

Before my concluding remarks let me remind you that Dam at River Kabul cannot alone ensure any Indian Role in this matter, it will take lot more then this.

Be sincere and friendly to your neighbours and stop pretending to be a big brother
and trust me it will simpllfy lot of problems for all.






















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Dr. Harbeer singh - India
Lodging protest against not inviting India on the issues where India spends billions of dollars on restructuring the countries infrastructure, why India has to worry to be invited such racially motivated meetings. India needs to make its own infrastructure and spend money on its rural development and education research and highway projects including schools hospitals and education for all and keep borders strong and remove corruption from the country and be responsible to provide basic needs to everyone of its citizens no matter what their culture caste or religion is.
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anroshan - India
It is funny. Hindus hate Muslims in India. The complain if any money is spent on development of Muslims. They hate Pakistan. But they want to be close to Afghanistan and spend millions on them ! Due to this Hindu duplicity India has no credibility. It was the correct decision not to invite India. India protesting about not being invited is worse than Pakistanis protesting about not being invited for the IPL.
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Tontony - India
Turkey is a country where many people are modern and secular, but the government in power is pro-islamic and pseudo democratic. The governing AK party has alliances with all including hamas, syria, pakistan and all taliban minded militias. They want to project them as liberal in front but run their pro-islamic federation, and even they are hurting their own secular military. So better for Indian government to react and side track Turkey in international forum. US keeps silent as they have some Nato interests, Europeon union is using AK party as a cause to keep Turkey out of their union, and poor people of Turkey sees the leader of the country, Erdogan, as Khomeyni. So no wonder that this guy will one day make Turkey like Iran. Sarkozy, Merkel, Obama have short term interests to support the regime there, but unknowing allowing another modern Taliban to grow in their back house.
AK govt. is suppressing all home opponents but using international gimicks to keep his values high in world agenda. Their president is also his old party colleague, so you can`t expect secular Ataturk character from him. Also Indians should know that Turkey alongwith Pakistan is opposing India to join OIC, so our government should know how to deal with such regimes.
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Sesha Sivasailam - India
Dear Tauheed, Your words sound like a true pakistani. I wonder how Pakistan as a country with a begging bowl and crumbling internal security situation can actually provide a solution to Afghanistan. You are fometing trouble in Afghanistan to have a reason for existence and relevance in the region and use the resources provided for this to attain an illusionary parity with India. And you have the complete blessings of a belligerent China to do this. As the saying goes ``what you sow, so you reap``, you will end up being balkanised (if I may use it) and eventually it will be India`s responsibility to clean up the entire mess. Pray to god that India is involved in Afghanistan so that Pakistan can focus on improve the security situation and can exist as a nation. Don`t sermonize about how India should behave in the region. You have more priority issues tobe dealt with.
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krishnan - delhi
I think most of the countries in the conference have no common border with Afghanistan. .Syed and friends should get out of their persecution complex.Indian help does not always, mean, it is to subvert Pakistan.. It appears Pakistan wants the sole right to interfere - as they did in the past - which only brought misery to them..Let them attend to their own problems first
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Narayanamangalam - Tokyo
Turkey has not invited India for the conference on Pakistan, though everyone knows India`s valuable contribution to Afganistan. It is a failure on the Part of Turkey and also the beneficiary of India`s largesse - Afganistan. One should understand how Turkey made the grouping for the conference and why Pakistan swayed the Isalmic sentiments. This is not the first time India was shut out purely on Islamic considerations. Indian Muslims are quite comfortable with such insults to India, while our weak government would continue to pour our tax payer`s money into thankless muslim world. India should put Turkey and Afganistan both on notice that we reserve our right to reciprocate and should do it when occassion arises. Indian government may feel week, but not the Indian citizens.
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Tauheed Syed - USA
Well in my opionion, India has no right to indulge itself into the Internal matters and affairs of Afghanistan and for the record ndia has no common borders with Afghanistan.

Just for the sake of teasing and create problems for Pakistan,india will not get what it doesnot deserve, india should now start acting like a mature neighbour, since it claims to be a bigger country than pakistan.If India thinks by just financilly supportive of Afghan people means it can undermine Pakistan`s role in this matter and eventually allows it to become one of the decision makers, then i guess Inidan Establishment definetly living in a fools paradise.

India cannot undermine Pakistan`s role Viz-a-viz Afghanistan.This a hard fact which India has to digest.
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