Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarnais an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel. He is currently the Indian High Commissioner to the UK...
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The Maoist movement must abandon the use of violence as a political instrument and commit itself to the principles of democracy thereby creating conditions for joining the political mainstream.
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There is very good understanding and interaction at the political level, trade and investment is expanding rapidly; the institutional framework of the relationship as well people-to-people contacts have been strengthened further.
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A solution has to be found by the people of Nepal through a peaceful political settlement and there is a need for a genuine dialogue between the king and constitutional forces.
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India welcomes his intention to transfer all executive power of the state to a government constituted by the alliance of the seven political parties, which has been in the forefront of the movement by the people of Nepal for the restoration of multi-party democracy and their democratic freedoms.
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Only then would such elections be able to contribute to the restoration of democracy and political stability.
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For the present, let me only say that we are concerned over the arrests and detention, once again, of several political leaders, professionals and students which we strongly deplore.
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Credible minimum deterrent is a self-explanatory term that requires no further elucidation.
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All I can say at the moment is that he has proceeded on leave and we will wait for the investigations to take their course.
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A counter reaction? No. I think I made the point that I had to.
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They should be finishing soon. They started at 12:00.
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This consists of 68 tons of relief materials, which is made up of 5,000 blankets, 320 tents and 4.5 tons of plastic sheets.
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The Indian side sees the visit as the culmination of that process. From now on, we want to make sure there is sustained and continuous engagement with Bangladesh.
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It appears to us that the proposals made by Pakistan can be reconciled with those that we ourselves had already made.
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The sanctions imposed by the US government on the two Indian firms relate to transfer of some chemicals to Iran. Our preliminary assessment is that the transfer of such chemicals is not in violation of our regulations or our international obligations.