India-US Ties About Smiles, Opportunities: Pakistani Daily

ISLAMABAD: The India-US relationship is "seemingly about smiles and opportunities", while the Pakistan-India relationship "is about grimaces and perceptions", a leading daily said on the concluding day of US President Barack Obama's three-day state visit to India.

"As the US and India bask in the glow of a rejuvenated friendship, a civilian nuclear deal that may finally deliver what it first promised in 2006 and some small-scale military deals, the feeling in certain quarters in Pakistan may be one of acute discomfort," the Dawn said in its editorial.

It said, it does look like India, the world's largest democracy, and the US have more in common economically, diplomatically, and geo-strategically than anything the Pakistan-US relationship has to offer.

"A conflagration in South Asia is fundamentally against American interests, not least as it expands its search for markets in India. In addition, for all the focus on a rising India being a counterweight to China on the eastern side of Asia," the editorial said.

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