WASHINGTON: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Washington, Americans heard him reject any proposition of redrawing of borders in Kashmir. He also assailed Pakistan for not doing enough to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice.
“... there can be no redrawing of borders (in Jammu and Kashmir),” Singh said in an interview to CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” when asked if he saw any prospects for negotiations on Kashmir with Pakistan since he was reportedly “quite close to some kind of a deal with President Musharraf before he had to leave office”.
Singh also indicated that Islamabad’s kid glove treatment of its India-centric terror outfits would figure in his talks with President Barack Obama.
He hinted at his exasperation with Islamabad, remarking: “I don’t know who to deal with in Pakistan.”
“I don’t know whether we have a partner right now. I think when General Musharraf was there, I used to ask him. And he said, “Well, I am the army. I represent the armed forces. I represent the people”,” he recalled in reply to a question.