Asif Ali Zardari, president of Pakistan says that India is not a threat to Pakistan but in fact the country is facing danger from the terrorists inside their own country.
He said in an interview in Washington yesterday, “Well, I am already on record. I have never considered India a threat.”
For the first time a top leader from Pakistani publicly said such thing. This is a fact that Obama Administration has been trying to convince Zardari and the Pakistan Army for quite some time now of this.
Zardari also said in his interview to PBS news channel’s popular show “Newshour With Jim Lehrer,” “I have always considered India a neighbour, which we want to improve our relationship with. We have had some cold times and we have had some hard times with them. We have gone to war thrice, but democracies are always trying to improve relationships.” He said this when questioned which being the greatest threat to Pakistan? India, or the militants.
On the occasion of Obama’s 100 days in office, Obama said such a believe against India by the Pakistani establishment was “misguided.”
