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“He (Soysal) reported Indian Prime Minister Singh had requested (Turkish) President
Gul’s assistance with Pakistan during the latter’s visit to New Delhi the previous week.
Acting on that request, Gul had phoned Pakistani President Zardari, who was sceptical of
Indian intentions. Gul is planning to visit Pakistan later this year,” the cable said.
“Soysal said Iran is proposing a quadrilateral summit, which would include Turkey,
Afghanistan and Pakistan, but that proposal had yet to generate enthusiasm,” it said.
Mr. Soysal, according to the cable, said the Pakistani military, though displeased with the
President, Asif Ali Zardari, remains unwilling to intervene; nevertheless, senior officers’
patience may not be infinite.
“Zardari needs to increase the democratic legitimacy of Parliament. Soysal offered.
Nawaz Sharif has become a much more constructive player,” said the State Department
cable as released by WikiLeaks. (The Hindu)
AFGHANISTAN / AFGANİSTAN
In efforts to enhance and modernize agriculture sector in Afghanistan, the United States
has pledged 36 million U.S. dollars to boost agriculture sector in the war- torn country,
U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry said Sunday.
"This is a 36 million U.S. dollars initiative that will modernize the Afghan Ministry for
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock operations and help it even more effective in Kabul
and all other provinces," ambassador Eikenberry told a one-day seminar attended by
some 300 Afghan and U.S. agriculture officials and specialists.
The initiative, he added, has two objectives to help Afghan agriculture ministry develop
capacity and managed funds received from the donors.
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