| Qallu |
Posted
on 15-Sep-03 05:28 PM
from today's nepalnews:
India pushes South Asian Union
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha, inaugurating the CII-sponsored Indo-Pakistan CEOs' Business Forum here on Sunday, said that New Delhi was ready to start discussions on the proposed South Asian Union " tomorrow, the day after, or the day after that..." or whenever the other countries in the region were prepared to do so, The Asian Age of New Delhi reported Monday.
In his address, he also called upon Pakistan to give India most favoured nation status and remove all non-tariff barriers, while pledging that New Delhi was ready to remove any Pakistan-specific barriers to trade if these were identified.
nepalnews.com br Sept.15
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Hmmm.... Is this Union just an economic proposition or are we talking about something more? And why now, when Nepal is in the throes of civil war and coming under increasing attacks from the Maoists? Am I being paranoid or is there really something to be said for the coincidence of this announcement? But then, is being part of a larger South Asia really that any worse than being under Maoist rule?
You gotta wonder!
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