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Judged in terms of how effective it is at defusing the fund-raising scandal, this PR work ranges from catastrophically bad to fairly good.
"France, Russia and others who have advocated a multipolar world should be made to realise that what the U.S. is trying to establish is neo-bipolarism," it said, adding that India should embark on talks with Pakistan as soon as possible, even over Kashmir, because "the defusing of tension is in the interest of both countries."
The NYT adds that intervention of Venezuela's Catholic Church was helpful in defusing the situation, which ended with the Congress retreating.