WASHINGTON, March 16 (PTI): Observing that the Obama administration is looking at Pakistan through a different lens than its predecessors, a former American diplomat today said the new US government would quietly focus itself on Kashmir away from the public glaze. William Milam, the former US Ambassador to Pakistan, identified India and Kashmir as one of the issues, which the Obama administration would focus on while trying to find a solution to Pakistan.
“There’s one more thing and it’s a very delicate thing that I think this administration will focus on. But it will be hard to determine this focus because it will be quite closely held and under wraps. And that is the India-centricity of Pakistan,” said Milam, who was in Islamabad from 1998 to 2001.
“Everything that Pakistan does, at least in foreign affairs and security issues, is viewed through the lens of India, which it views as its eternally hostile neighbour,” Milam said, adding that the US can’t do much at least on the issue of Kashmir due to India’s position on it.
“There’s no good way we can do this. We certainly cannot be seen to meddle or to even mediate on the issues, particularly the Kashmir issue. But we really have to work on putting this back together,” Milam said testifying before the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Obama government would quietly focus on Kashmir’
