我又把穆沙拉夫的回应转述给了辛格听，辛格对此的解释是在一个像印度这样的民主政体中，总理访问巴基斯坦必须与执政联盟成员以及高级官员反复磋商，而相反“穆沙拉夫是个军事领导人，他只需要收拾好行装便可过来印度了。
I repeated the conversation to Singh, who explained that in a democracy such as India, a great deal of work needs to be done with the members of the coalition and the senior bureaucracy before the prime minister can travel to Pakistan. “Musharraf is a military leader; he needs only to pack his bags and head this way.”