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DATE=6/5/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233434
TITLE=GENEVA TALKS / INDIA REACT (L-O'NITER)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  INDIA HAS EXPRESSED ITS DISPLEASURE WITH THE WORLD'S 
ORIGINAL NUCLEAR POWERS MEETING IN GENEVA TO DISCUSS THE NUCLEAR 
CRISIS IN SOUTH ASIA.  THE NEW DELHI GOVERNMENT FRIDAY ACCUSED 
THE FIVE BIG POWERS OF NOT OBSERVING THE SAME GLOBAL TEST BAN 
TREATIES INDIA IS BEING PRESSURED TO SIGN.  V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE 
REPORTS INDIA ALSO REJECTED OUTSIDE MEDIATION OF ITS DISPUTE WITH
PAKISTAN OVER KASHMIR AND ACCUSED CHINA OF TRANSFERRING NUCLEAR 
TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIAL TO PAKISTAN. 
TEXT:  INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A STATEMENT ACCUSING THE 
FIVE ORIGINAL NUCLEAR POWERS OF NOT OBSERVING THEIR OWN 
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY. THE STATEMENT 
SAYS THE SECRET TRANSFER OF OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY AND 
MATERIAL TO COUNTRIES IN SOUTH ASIA IS WELL KNOWN -- AND AS A 
RESULT: INDIA'S SECURITY IS NOW AT RISK.  
A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, SPEAKING PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF 
THE STATEMENT, BLUNTLY ACCUSED CHINA OF HELPING PAKISTAN BUILD 
ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 
THE STATEMENT ALSO FLATLY REJECTS ANY THIRD-PARTY MEDIATION ON 
KASHMIR. BRAHMA CHELLANY A DEFENSE ANALYST IN NEW DELHI SAYS 
COMPROMISE IS UNLIKELY ON KASHMIR. 
                    // CHELLANY ACTUALITY //
         KASHMIR HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THE LAST FIVE 
         DECADES AND VERY LITTLE CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.  INDIA IS 
         OCCUPYING 45-PERCENT, PAKISTAN 35-PERCENT AND 20-PERCENT
         IS UNDER CHINESE CONTROL.  WHAT EACH HAS CANNOT BE 
         UNDONE AND I THINK THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THE 
         INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN DO.  THE INTERNATIONAL 
         COMMUNITY CAN URGE A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM,
         BUT EVEN THOSE WHO WISH TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM 
         PEACEFULLY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR IDEA AS TO HOW TO RESOLVE 
         THIS ISSUE. 
                      //  END ACTUALITY //
THE MINISTRY STATEMENT DOES SAY INDIA IS WILLING TO DISCUSS 
KASHMIR WITH PAKISTAN ON A BILATERAL BASIS. THE STATEMENT SAYS 
INDIA SENT PROPOSALS FOR TALKS TO PAKISTAN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND 
WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. (SIGNED) 
NEB/JLT/LTD/JO
05-Jun-98 1:58 PM EDT (1758 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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