Another perspective on recent developments in the Indian-Iranian relationship

Day 924, 00:24 • Published in India Serbia • by gorgepir

Hello.

So we are fighting again. We consider this as liberating our Pakistani friends that you guys are oppressing. Of course you have your reasons, like why did Pakistan let Serbia through (ironic now that you have asked for Serbias help to oust eUS if they dont comply, isnt it?) or why did they once, a long time ago attack eIndia. For these reasons, this is the second time you have attacked Pakistan to erase them. I am sure it is justified to do this again (hint: sarcasm).

Over the course of the past presidential term, we, from the Iranian side, tried our hardest to find some common ground to stand upon and work with you guys. We had no preconditions, except that any agreement has to be acceptable and stable for both sides. I was sincere, and truly hoped for a new beginning for a strong bond between Iran and India. I can honestly say I tried my hardest. I know some will think that I am lying and will say we are cheating and trickery, to those I say you are bores and conspiracy theorists. There is only so much that I can do to bridge gaps. The rest was up to you guys. Unfortunately, even though some people in the government tried, others fell way short. Even though officially Jelen was in charged of the negotiations, and I thought he was interested in finding some common grounds, David was the real one in charge and while he kept on insisting that he was not the one who had the final say, he was the "father of India" and his wish it seemed outweighed others. Unfortunately, however hard I tried and pushed to find some sort of agreement that both of us could agree to, David kept on restating his demands and what he wants, with no respect to what we could agree upon. The negotiations were obviously not going to work, when only one side (and to be frank, the side with more active citizens and more damage per fight) is willing to find ways to make something work, so nothing was achieved and I think no closer bond was in the horizon.

What he wanted was a noble thing, I am not disagreeing with that. He wanted a unified India. What we wanted is to find someway to guarantee a strong bond between the countries, not to be "tricked" by India, since we obviously cant be allied with people who dont sincerely wan to. And since the eUS is here for awhile (around 2 months according to our talks), we thought at least there was some form of agreement to be made. So India, I must say, the recent negotiations talks have been unsuccessful, and I can with certainty say that the sole blame lies on your (behind the scenes) leaders. As I said in that meeting, there are only so many times during two countries history that both sides are willing to have talks and want to improve relations. Unfortunately, this was not one of those times and however much we tried, we were met by people who were just interested in their own needs and were stalling.

This term is almost over, and I doubt I will be a foreign minister anytime soon. So hopefully, some time in the future, the Iran-Indian alliance will happen, when both sides are ready for it. It would definitely require a drastic change in the mentality of your leaders though, and for our elected leaders to be able to look past your constant unwillingness to find common ground. If you want to be allied, you cant only think of yourselves. You need to think about both sides.

Cheers India
gorgepir