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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48096)	3/16/2005 7:23:23 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Rice to learn cricket, Natwar baseball- Rice promised to learn about cricket in a bid to inject pace into a slow peace process between the rivals. "I am going to make a promise to the (Indian) foreign minister (Natwar Singh) right now, and that is that I will try to understand cricket and that will help," Rice vowed at a joint press conference. Natwar, an ardent cricket fan, smiled. "And I will try and understand baseball," he said. NEW DELHI: It was not all diplomacy and officialdom at the delegation-level talks on Wednesday between India and the United States at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. There was also some light-hearted banter, particularly in connection with ongoing cricket series between India and Pakistan. Addressing the media soon after his talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice displayed a swift grasp of the intricacies of India-Pakistan ties by jumping on the bandwagon of cricket diplomacy. Rice promised to learn about cricket in a bid to inject pace into a slow peace process between the rivals. "I am going to make a promise to the (Indian) foreign minister (Natwar Singh) right now, and that is that I will try to understand cricket and that will help," Rice vowed at a joint press conference. Natwar, an ardent cricket fan, smiled. "And I will try and understand baseball," he said. With India and Pakistan on Wednesday starting the second of three Test matches, Natwar added a special request. Natwar pleaded Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to use his influence to prevent Pakistan from beating India in the series. He said he had not only briefed Rice and the American delegation on the ongoing developments between New Delhi and Islamabad. "President Musharraf will be welcomed when he decides to visit India for any of the matches soon, and I do hope that during his visit he will convince the Pakistan cricket team not to beat India," Natwar said in a humorous aside.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48096)	3/17/2005 5:06:06 PM
From: malibuca	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Iqbal Latif claims that Rice said"Pakistan is a model country for the Muslim world" Another stark example of a distortion of what was actually said! This is what Dawn reports as having been stated by Rice: "US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Pakistan was a pivotal country in the region that could be a model for the Muslim world Perhaps Latif does not understand the difference between "is a model country for the Muslim world" and "could be a model for the Muslim world". But whatever the motivation behind the disparity it does question the credibility of what Latif posts.