Enduring hostility between India and Pakistan, the region’s largest economies, remains the key barrier to such a breakthrough. Neither Gilani nor Singh was certain of domestic public support for further warming of relations, so they played it safe, rather than displaying the bold leadership that the occasion demanded.
印巴这个两个该区域内最大的经济体的长期敌对一直是取得上述突破的主要障碍。吉拉尼也好，辛格也罢，两人都无法确定本国人民是否支持改善双边关系，因此只能十分小心谨慎，而不是顺应当前的形势大胆作为。