India has warned US President Barack Obama that he risks "barking up the wrong tree" if he seeks to broker a settlement between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir
India has warned US President Barack Obama that he risks "barking up the wrong tree" if he seeks to broker a settlement between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
National Security Advisor M K Narayananu00a0said the new US administration was in danger of dredging up out of date Clinton administration-era strategies in a bid to bring about improved ties between the two nuclear armed neighbours.
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"I do think that we could make President Obama understand, if he does nurse any such view, that he is barking up the wrong tree. I think Kashmir today has become one of the quieter and safer places in this part of the world," said Narayanan said in a TV interview.
"It's possible that at this time there are elements, perhaps in the administration who are harking back to the pre-2000 era."
The warning comes as Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, prepares to come to the region for the first time in his new capacity.
Last month, David Miliband, the UK's foreign secretary, angered the Indian government by saying that the unresolved dispute over Kashmir was a cause of terrorism in the region. India's criticism of Miliband was interpreted as a tacit signal to Washington to keep out.
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