skirmish#2
パキスタンの首相がインドの新たな首相の就任式に参加するという記事です。両国は対立関係が続いているためこのような行為は画期的であると思います。記事の名で気になった単語は"skirmish"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版（三省堂）』によると「小競り合い，小さな戦闘」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionariesでは"An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets"とあります。インド・パキスタン国境に隣接するインド領カシミールでは，治安が良くないのですね。海外渡航安全情報を見てもインド北部は危険であることが示されております。
両国首相が面識することが少しでもいい方向に向かうことを願います。（Ume）
Pakistan PM Sharif to go to Modi inauguration in India
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India on Monday.
It is the first time since the two countries won independence in 1947 that a prime minister from one state will attend such a ceremony in the other.
The two nuclear-armed rivals have fought three wars in the past 60 years.
Mr Modi is seen as a hardliner on national security issues. His BJP party advocates a tough stance on Pakistan.
But correspondents say his huge election victory gives him a mandate to reach out to Pakistan in a way the previous administration could not.
Bilateral ties suffered badly in the wake of the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai, when 166 people were killed by Pakistani gunmen.
Relations improved slightly under outgoing PM Manmohan Singh, but there are still regular skirmishes on the disputed border in Kashmir.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27554193
