After a long dry spell that had regional experts worried about continued peace talks between India and Pakistan, Reuters reports that Wednesday foreign ministers from both countries announced a series of initiatives that show the rivals are "keen to keep the thaw in relations going, having almost gone to war for a fourth time just three years ago."
The main announcement, which came during the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh to Islamabad, was the restoration of a bus service in the contested region of Jammu and Kashmir. This service is actually the reopening of a route that has been closed since India and Pakistan separated in 1947. The BBC calls the agreement "hugely significant," and points out that both sides had to make major concessions for it to happen.
And all this takes place under the watchful eye of the hawkish, aggressive leader off the world's lone superpower.
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