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The US has asked Pakistan to ensure that there is no cross-border terror incident during Barack Obama's visit to India and hinted of consequences if any such attack is traced back to the country.
Major General (retired) SR Sinho said the warning issued by the US to Pakistan ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India sends a very wrong message.
The US has asked Pakistan to ensure that there is no cross-border terror incident during Barack Obama's visit to India and hinted of consequences if any such attack is traced back to the country.
The warning has been issued keeping in mind the record of Pakistan-based terror groups that have regularly carried out terror strikes coinciding with visits of high-profile dignitaries to India from the US.
Sinho said: 'The warning by US to Pakistan to not attack India during President Obama's visit is a very wrong message. I criticise it, it was not required. India is a very strong nation, security forces are very efficient, and Obama's visit is very secured. The three days warning only indicates that the warning is only for three days and after that Pakistan is free to do anything against India, this is wrong.'
He further said that the US should have conveyed the messages through covert channels instead of making it public.
"If they had to say then they could have issued a general statement that they are warning Pakistan. This is absolutely wrong on the part of Americans. They should have conveyed it to Pakistan quietly instead of making it public," he said.
Meanwhile, the BJP on Monday said the warning issued by the US to Pakistan has exposed the real face of Pakistan to the world.
"This has been said keeping in mind the history of Pakistan. In March 2000, when [former US president] Bill Clinton had visited India, Pakistan had massacred 36 people in Anantnag. No such incident should occur. This exposes the real face of Pakistan internationally," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI.
"America has... conveyed the message in a very subtle way, that if anything like this happens, then you [Pakistan] would not be spared," he added.
Obama and his wife Michelle Obama will arrive in India Jan 25 for a three-day visit that would see the US president hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On Jan 26, he would attend the Republic Day parade as the chief guest and in the evening the At Home reception hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee.
He is likely to address a town-hall style meeting in an educational institution.
President Obama and Michelle Obama would fly down to Agra the following day for a visit to the Taj Mahal before flying out of India.
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