Asian Insider Feb 27: On the border between India and Pakistan, a rapid escalation
Asian Insider brings you insights into a fast-changing region from our network of correspondents.
TIT-FOR-TAT AIRSTRIKES
Let’s start with a quick recap of what both sides have said. A Pakistan military spokesman said two Indian Air Force planes had been shot down in its airspace in Kashmir and an Indian pilot had been captured. Pakistan also launched airstrikes on the Indian side of the border. It said, however, that this was not a retaliation for Indian strikes on Monday but a demonstration of their “right, will and capability of self-defence”.
Indian air force sources meanwhile rejected the Pakistani reports of downed aircraft and a captured pilot, stressing that all pilots have been accounted for.
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What to make of all of this? To some analysts, this is 20 years of mutual provocation on the ground now taking to the air. Of critical importance now is the question of what both sides have been targeting with their strikes. It is one thing to strike a terror camp but something altogether different if civilian or military targets were hit. The two sides have left themselves some room to de-escalate, but not much.
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The story so far : Air skirmish as Pakistani jets drop bombs in Kashmir, Islamabad claims to shoot down two Indian fighters
Monday’s strikes: Indian fighter aircraft hit terror camps in attack across de facto border with Pakistan
The terror attack that started it all: Kashmir car bomb kills 44; India demands Pakistan act against militants
What the fight is about:Decades of animosity between neighbours India and Pakistan
Markets react: Global stocks turn negative as India-Pakistan tensions worsen
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TRUMP MEETS KIM, AGAIN
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Since this is happening momentarily, let me just give you a quick timeline of what’s to come. At 6.30pm local time in Hanoi, US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un for the second time in eight months. After another heavily photographed handshake, they will have a one-on-one meeting before adjourning to a social dinner. The official summit-part of this will take place on Thursday although the White House has yet to furnish details.
That the meeting is taking place over two days and includes a private session is a sign of the rapport the two men seem to have. Mr Trump has spent far less time with leaders of actual US allies. None of this though can be taken as an indication of what the two men might agree to at the end, if anything.
Either way, with both men in town, Hanoi has come to a standstill. China Bureau Chief Tan Dawn Wei and South Korea Correspondent Chang May Choon are on location and they tell us the Vietnamese are taking all the inconvenience the summit brings in stride – even if it means putting up with tanks on what was already very busy thoroughfares.
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Reports from Hanoi: Tanks roll in, hotels fill up as thousands descend on Hanoi
Video: Hanoi gears up for the Trump Kim Summit
Our frequently updated photo gallery: Trump-Kim summit 2019 in pictures
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