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Resumption of India-Pakistan Peace Dialogue: The Requisites for Success
Several rounds of dialogue have happened between India and Pakistan over the past sixty years. Dialogue succeeded on some issues such as Kutch demarcation and people-to-people relations, while differences persist in several other areas, such as regional security. Given the recent announcement by the Indian and Pakistani prime minister at Thimpu that they will resume this dialogue, what are the requisites for the talks to succeed?
To discuss this issue and more, YPFP is pleased to welcome The Honorable Mani Shankar Aiyar, a member of India’s Upper house of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and chairman of the Congress party's Department of Policy Planning and Coordination.
This event will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. To attend, please log in to your YPFP member account and register. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at events@ypfp.org.
We hope to see you June 1.
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The Honorable Mani Shankar Aiyar is a senior Indian politician and currently a member of India's Upper House of Parliament. He is also currently chairman of the Congress party's Department of Policy Planning and Coordination. As India's Oil and Petroleum minister (2004-06), he negotiated the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline starting India's "Oil diplomacy" process. As Panchayati Raj (rural self government) minister (2006-09), he devised reforms to strengthen grassroots democracy and local governance in India. He has served three terms as a Member of the Lower House of Parliament since 1991
A veteran diplomat, Aiyar served in the Indian Foreign Service for 26 years, including as Consul-General in Pakistan and spokesperson for the Foreign ministry. He was later Joint secretary to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He has served three terms as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) since 1991.
Born in Lahore, Aiyar has been a part of the Track-II diplomacy process with Pakistan for over two decades. A popular political columnist, he writes in leading newspapers in India. His books include Pakistan Papers (1994), Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist (2006), and A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st century (2009).
He has been an outspoken advocate of nuclear disarmament in South Asia and India-Pakistan dialogue as well as a staunch proponent of India's pluralistic tradition. He is an alumnus and Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University and Delhi University.
