I was considering a peaches & herb song. I think I'll skip that.
Putin seeks hi-tech Indian partnership
AFP, Bangalore
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to put Moscow's economic ties with India on a new high-tech footing in a weekend speech after backing its bid for a veto-wielding seat on an enlarged UN Security Council.
Putin told business leaders in a speech late Saturday in Bangalore, dubbed India's Silicon Valley, that Russia wanted an economic relationship with its old Cold War ally that would put greater stress on high-tech rather than traditional commodities and raw materials.
"There are new possibilities and opportunities both for India and Russia ... But it requires a new partnership," said Putin
Yes, interesting stuff. Russia and India were cold war palls, and under Trudeau we somehow gave them CANDU reactors that enabled India to further their nuclear program. Okay, started their nuclear program, and why did we do that? The US was backing Pakistan, and we decided to side against them with the Soviets? Trudeau? Greatest Canadian? How about a nuclear menace?
We walk a fine line in that region, as westerners. Musharraf is our friend, of sorts, but he just pulled out of the search for bin Laden. J&K? We won't touch that. Tibet? Nepal? Maoist rebels in Nepal have spread their ideology to cells in India breeding soviet unrest. Is China behind them? Probably.
Like some other places on earth, the situation is liquid, but the region has taken a downturn in the last while. The good news is that Pakistan seem to be realizing that they have a common enemy in militant Islam- or India's case, militants in general.
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