DATE=5/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232353
TITLE=SUMMIT / NUCLEAR (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=BIRMINGHAM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE EIGHT-NATION BIRMINGHAM SUMMIT ENDED WITH ITS HOST,
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR REITERATING CONCERN FOR WHAT HE
TERMED -- THE GRAVE SITUATION RESULTING FROM INDIA'S NUCLEAR
TESTS. CORRESPONDENT DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM BIRMINGHAM.
TEXT: THE SUMMIT YIELDED A CONDEMNATION OF THE INDIAN TESTS BUT
NOT A JOINT STRATEGY OF HOW TO CONFRONT PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH
ASIA. AT A CLOSING NEWS CONFERENCE, PRIME MINISTER BLAIR
ACKNOWLEDGED A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION AMONG THE SUMMIT PARTNERS --
THIS AS CONCERN MOUNTED PAKISTAN WILL CONDUCT A TEST OF ITS OWN:
/// BLAIR ACTUALITY ///
WE UNDERSTAND THE DOMESTIC PRESSURES THAT PAKISTAN IS
UNDER FOLLOWING THE INDIAN NUCLEAR TEST. BUT OUR
CONCERN IS TO LIMIT THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE
OTHERWISE, THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE VERY SERIOUS INDEED,
AND THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION.
/// END ACT ///
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT WAS BRIEFING SENIOR U-S
OFFICIALS IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER ARRIVING FROM ISLAMABAD ON A
MISSION TO URGE RESTRAINT BY PAKISTAN.
IN A BRITISH INTERVIEW, PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID PAKISTAN WILL FACE
THE SAME U-S SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON INDIA IF IT CONDUCTED A TEST --
AND ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT SPIRALING TENSIONS IN THE REGION
THAT COULD DRAW IN THE BIG POWERS IN A WAY REMINISCENT OF THE
COLD WAR. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/RAE
17-May-98 7:47 AM EDT (1147 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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