`Obama`s dinner for PM was intended to dissolve concerns`

Beijing, Nov 28 (PTI) US President Barack Obama's
high-profile dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
was intended "precisely to dissolve" some concerns over
Indo-Pak relations than it marks New Delhi's importance for
the US in the 'war against terror', a Chinese official daily
has said.
In an opinion piece, People's Daily, the official
mouthpiece of Communist Party of China, said the US mainly
relies on Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of India in
counter-terrorism in South Asia.
"Indian strategists, however come to realise that US
hinges on Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of India in
counter-terrorism in South Asia, and India's involvement in
the US efforts to fight terrorism is devised only to ease of
the strained relations between India and Pakistan," the
article said.
"As a matter of fact, public opinions however deem
that such a vital, high-profile reception of the Indian Prime
Minister by Washington was intended precisely to dissolve some
concerns for Indian-Pakistan relations," the article said.
It said ever since Obama assumed presidency in late
January, Pakistan has occupied a position of crucial
importance in the US' South Asia policies, and India fears
that it would be turned into a "variable factor" itself in
complex geopolitical equations with merely a regional role to
play.
However, the article refrained from commenting on
Singh's unusual remarks against China during his US visit.
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