DATE=5/18/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232427
TITLE=BRAZIL / INDIA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK
DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BRAZIL HAS REVOKED AN AGREEMENT WITH INDIA FOR
COOPERATIONON PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. V-O-A'S
CORRESPONDENT CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MEEK REPORTS THE STEP IS A
PROTEST AGAINST INDIA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS.
TEXT: BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS INDIA'S FIVE TESTS LAST
WEEK RUN COUNTER TO THE OBJECTIVES OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
AND DISARMAMENT, AND PUT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY AT
RISK.
TO PROTEST THE EXPLOSIONS, BRAZIL NOTIFIED INDIAN AMBASSADOR
ISHRAT AZIZ TODAY (MONDAY) THAT IT HAS RENOUNCED AN AGREEMENT
SIGNED IN JANUARY, 1996, BY THE NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSIONS OF THE
TWO COUNTRIES. THE ACCORD CALLED FOR COOPERATION TO DEVELOP NEW
APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN MEDICINE AND AGRICULTURE, WITH
A COMMITMENT TO AVOID HARMFUL RADIATION OR ACTS THAT COULD
ENDANGER INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
BRAZIL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, SEBASTIAO DO REGO BARROS, SAYS
THE AGREEMENT HAD NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
/// BARROS ACT WITH TRANSLATION //
IT WAS STILL UNDER STUDY. NO PROGRAMS HAD BEEN
CARRIED OUT UNDER THE AGREEMENT. WE WANTED TO
DEMONSTRATE BY REVOKING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE DO NOT
CONCUR WITH INDIA'S POLICY OF EXPLODING NUCLEAR
DEVICES.
/// END ACT ///
MR. BARROS SAYS EXECUTION OF THE ACCORD WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF
FUNDING PROBLEMS ON INDIA'S SIDE. DURING A VISIT TO BRAZIL
EARLIER THIS MONTH BY INDIAN PRESIDENT K-R NARAYANAN THE TWO
GOVERNMENTS EXPRESSED HOPE THAT IT WOULD SOON BE PUT
INTOPRACTICE.
INDIA'S EMBASSY IN BRASILIA HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT ON BRAZIL'S
DECISION TO SUSPEND THE AGREEMENT. (SIGNED)
NEB/GM/PT
18-May-98 4:27 PM EDT (2027 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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