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Henry Kissinger: Involve India in Iraq's
stabilization
21.1.2007
By IANS, New Delhi
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'But just as it is impossible for America to deal
with these trends unilaterally, sooner or later a
common effort to rebuild the international order
will be imposed on all the potential targets,' he
said.
January 21, 2007
India, Pakistan and Indonesia will have to be part
of international efforts to stabilize Iraq, says
former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
In a commentary arguing that withdrawal of American
troops from Iraq is not an option, Kissinger says
two levels of diplomatic effort are necessary to
bring the situation in that country under control.
One would involve creating a contact group of
neighbouring countries whose interests are directly
affected and which rely on US support, Kissinger
said in an article distributed by Tribune Media
Services and carried by the International Herald
Tribune. |
Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger
Photo: AP |
These would include Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and
Jordan. Their function should be to advice on ending
the internal conflict in Iraq and to create a united
front against 'outside domination'.
Parallel negotiations should be conducted with Syria
and Iran to give them an opportunity to take part in
a peaceful regional order, he said.
'Both categories of consultations should lead to an
international conference including all countries
that will have to play a stabilizing role in the
eventual outcome, specifically the permanent members
of the UN Security Council as well as such countries
as Indonesia, India and Pakistan,' Kissinger said.
The US cannot 'indefinitely bear alone the burden
for both the military outcome and the political
structure' in all this, he has asserted.
'At some point, Iraq has to be restored to the
international community, and other countries must be
prepared to share responsibilities for regional
peace.
'Some of American's allies and other affected
countries seek to escape the upheavals all around
them by disassociating from the US.
'But just as it is impossible for America to deal
with these trends unilaterally, sooner or later a
common effort to rebuild the international order
will be imposed on all the potential targets,' he
said.
Kissinger served under Richard Nixon and was widely
blamed for escalating the war in Indo-China,
particularly in Cambodia.
During the 1971 India-Pakistan war, he and Nixon
took a brazenly pro-Islamabad stand.
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