& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Clinton to make a low-key 5-hr visit to Pakistan
WASHINGTON. Mar 12: Juggling US foreign policy Interests and distaste for the military regime. President Bill Clinton will spend only five hours in Pakistan during a visit this month, tending strictly to business, reports AP.
This contrasts with a five-day visit to India, traveling widely in the country and paying homage to India s landmarks and democratic ways.
It is a message that cannot be lost on the government of Gen Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in October in Pakistan and has failed to set a sure timetable for democracy.
Clinton's decision’ to go. holding his nose all the while, is in line with a tradition of American presidents and secretaries of state who opt for tend-
ing to important business even while disapproving of the regime with which they must deal.
Traditionally, diplomatic but unmistakable ways of signaling disapproval include not accepting the hospitality of an overnight stay, avoiding historic sites and. above all. making the visit as brief as possible with only business on the agenda.
Clinton decided last week to stop in Pakistan only after weeks of debate and consultation with experts inside and outside the US government and with members of Congress. His visit will be short, businesslike and confined to the capital. Islamabad. The US side, at least, will try to minimize the publicity. planning no joint Ciinton-
Musharraf public appearance.
Helping the president to go ahead were private promises by Musharraf that he would meet with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan about uprooting terrorist camps and ending the sanctuary given Osama bin Laden, the accused mastermind of a terrorism network.
Clinton will emphasize US concent with tire nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan. a need to stem the spread of such weapons, and US allegations that terrorists are being trained in Pakistan-held territory. Still, the visit will be without much ceremony.
Clinton's first official stopover will be Bangladesh — the first visit to that country by any US president and a clear nod to Bangladesh's recent ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, according to AFP.
That ratification was one small success In the Clinton administration's drive to get all of South Asia working with the United States against nuclear weapons proliferation.
Clinton will then travel to India, becoming the first US president to go there since President Jimmy Carter did 1978. The visit reflects the US administration's growing recognition of that country as a rising regional economic and political force.
"The United States sees India as a key player in global affairs in the 21st century, and as a vital contributor to overall Asian regional peace and stability.’ Assistant US Secretary of State for South Aslan Affairs Karl Inderfurth has said.
Clinton will be meeting Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to discuss trade, terrorism advanced technologies and cooperation on environmental issues.
There are some areas where India and the United States don’t see dye to eye.
India took other nuclear powers by surprise when it tested its own nuclear weapons In 1998. Its refusal to sign on to the CTBT has raised worries in Washington about the potential for disaster every time the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir flares up.
We have made some progress toward greater understanding on these issues, but much work remains to be done.’’ according to Inderfurth.