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Accepted Paper:
Tatiana Shaumyan (Institute of Oriental Studies RAS)
Paper short abstract:
The unresolved Kashmir problem deteriorates the situation in South Asia and the relations between India and Pakistan. The emergence of India and Pakistan as nuclear states has considerably complicated the character of their interrelationship and strategic situation in South Asia. The search for compromise, the development of political and economic ties between India and Pakistan, the expanding co-operation in different areas including within the framework of SAARC, will open a way towards improving the political and strategic situation in South Asia and the normalization of relations between India and Pakistan.
Paper long abstract:
The unresolved Kashmir problem deteriorates the situation in South Asia and the relations between India and Pakistan. In Delhi, it is considered, that the Kashmir issue has been resolved and the problem lies in the presence of foreign armed forces (i. e. Pakistani) on a part of the territory of the former princely state. The resolution to this problem can be achieved only bilaterally, on the basis of Simla Agreement 1972, without any kind of foreign participation. Pakistan categorically insists that the Kashmir issue remains unresolved, and it could only be resolved by giving the Kashmiri people the right to self-determination through a plebiscite. Pakistan considers help from outside to be useful and necessary for the process of organization and holding of plebiscite. The emergence of India and Pakistan as nuclear states has considerably complicated the character of their interrelationship and strategic situation in South Asia.
Due to the evolution in international relations on global and regional levels the involvement of external forces came down; the Russia, U.S and China are in favour of peaceful political resolution of the Kashmir problem through bilateral dialogue on the basis of the Simla Agreement of 1972.
The search for compromise, the development of political and economic ties between India and Pakistan, the expanding co-operation in different areas including within the framework of SAARC, will open a way towards improving the political and strategic situation in South Asia and the normalization of relations between India and Pakistan.
Security architecture in South Asia: prospects and challenges
Session 1