The Hindu Business Line : `India must stop harping on US-Pak ties'

INSTEAD of following the relationship between the US and Pakistan, India should try to improve its ties with its neighbour. This would help India in furthering its relationship with the US.

This was the view of all the panelists present at the Confederation of Indian Industry Partnership Summit. They were addressing a session on `India and the US: The next four years.'

The discussion started off by Mr Robert D. Blackwill, former Ambassador of the US to India, asking Indians to play a major role in Iraq because if Americans fail in that country, the "jehadis" would strike back all over the world with a greater power.

This view was also supported by Mr Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, and Mr C. Raja Mohan, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

"If Iraq falls tomorrow, then the fall of Pakistan would not be far off," Mr Gupta said. However, he added that Indians, in general, hardly support the American role in Iraq.

Mr Blackwill urged the American administration to treat its relationship with India and Pakistan separately.

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