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USA Supports India’s right to self-defence
Why is it in news?
- In a significant signal to New Delhi as well as the international community, US National Security Advisor John Bolton has supported India’s “right to self-defence” against cross-border terrorism, in his phone conversation with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
- Bolton’s underlying message in the conversation is being read by New Delhi as a nod to a possible retaliatory strategic response by India , including military options.
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- Significant shift:(1) This is different from NSA in the Obama administration, Susan Rice’s conversation with Doval in September 2016, after the Uri attack.(2) Then, the message was to exercise restraint, and that Pakistan should take action against Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and other terror outfits.(3) The tone and tenor of Bolton’s phone call are different from Rice’s, and that has emboldened the Indian establishment’s strategic thinking.(4) UN Security Council Resolution 1267: Both NSA’s resolved to hold Pakistan to account for its obligations under UN resolutions and to remove all obstacles to designating JeM leader Masood Azhar as a global terrorist under the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Committee process.
- Strong signals: This time, the signal from Washington, both from the US administration and the US Congress, was swift, stronger and much larger in scale.
Source
The Hindu