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October 08, 2005
Will India and Pakistan cooperate on a rescue effort in Kashmir?
A powerful earthquake hit Pakistan-India Border including Kashmir, which is is well known as a high-risk area for earthquakes.
A multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government, Voice of America reported that the international community had offered condolences and aid pledges for victims of Saturday's massive earthquake in Kashmir that officials fear killed thousands. And in Washington, President Bush said initial U.S. deployments of assistance are underway.
At the same time, Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun expected that Indo-Pakistani tense relations might be improved through cooperation activities in Kashmir.
Considering recent lull of Indo-Pakistani tension over Kashmir and Saturday's region's strongest and worst natural disaster, Asahi said, these two countries are likely to cooperate to rescue quake-devastated region .
However, they didn't work well together on devastating avalanche which had killed almost 300 people in the region this February.
Asahi said it depends on high political judgment if India and Pakistan implement cooperation and support activities together.
Posted October 8, 2005 11:28 PM
Comments
This is a very interesting issue, and I wonder what tends to happen in this kind of situation.
I remember that some Iranian officials rejected U.S. aid after a recent earthquake, and it does not seem that the WHite House has accepted Fidel Castro's offer to send more than 1,500 medical doctors to Louisiana, and Mississippi after Katrina.
These are only two examples and the impact of natural disasters on human politics may be different.
Any idea?
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at October 10, 2005 08:45 AM
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