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DATE=6/7/98 
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT 
NUMBER=2-233475
TITLE=INDIA / U.N. REACT
BYLINE=ANJANA PASRICHA
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
 CONTENT= 
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  INDIA HAS OBJECTED STRONGLY TO THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL'S
RESOLUTION SATURDAY CONDEMNING THE NUCLEAR TESTS CONDUCTED BY 
BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN LAST MONTH.  FROM NEW DELHI, ANJANA 
PASRICHA REPORTS.
TEXT:  NEW DELHI HAS CALLED THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION ON 
INDIA'S AND PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS -- COERCIVE AND UNHELPFUL.
A FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT WARNS THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S -- 
NARROW FOCUS AND APPROACH WILL HEIGHTEN TENSIONS, NOT LESSEN 
THEM. 
THE INDIAN STATEMENT CALLS FOR A GLOBAL EFFORT TOWARD ADOPTING A 
NUCLEAR WEAPON CONVENTION, AND SAYS NON-PROLIFERATION CANNOT BE 
ARBITRARILY CONFINED TO A GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENT. 
THE STATEMENT ALSO QUESTIONS THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO 
DECIDE ON DISARMAMENT ISSUES.  FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN K-C 
SINGH SAYS INDIA IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS..
                    /// INSERT SINGH ACT /// 
         INDIA HAS REITERATED ITS COMMITMENT TO 
         NON-PROLIFERATION, FREQUENTLY.  INDIA IS CONSCIOUS OF 
         ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE.  OUR 
         IMPECCABLE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND IS BETTER THAN 
         THAT OF MANY WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO ATTEMPT TO INSTRUCT US 
         IN THE MATTER.  INDIA HAS PROPOSED A SERIES OF MEASURES 
         INCLUDING; NO-FIRST USE, [A] MORATORIUM ON FURTHER 
         TESTING, AND NEGOTIATIONS ON [A] FISSILE MATERIAL 
         CUT-OFF TREATY.
                      /// END SINGH ACT ///
RESPONDING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S CALL FOR A HIGH-LEVEL 
DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, NEW DELHI SAYS IT IS 
COMMITTED TO RESOLVING OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH ISLAMABAD THROUGH 
A BILATERAL DIALOGUE -- BUT REJECTS THIRD-PARTY MEDIATION. 
ANALYSTS SAY HOSTILITIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN OVER THE 
DISPUTED KASHMIR REGION HAVE COME BACK INTO SHARP INTERNATIONAL 
FOCUS AFTER THE NUCLEAR TESTS BY THE TWO NEIGHBORS.
INDIA IS ANXIOUS TO AVOID LINKING THE NUCLEAR TESTS AND THE 
KASHMIR ISSUE, ALTHOUGH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS STRESS THE U-N
BODY SEEKS TO RESOLVE THE KASHMIR DISPUTE THROUGH A DIALOGUE 
BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN -- A PATH NEW DELHI IS PREPARED TO 
FOLLOW.
THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION URGES BOTH NATIONS TO STOP 
NUCLEAR ARMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SAYS NEITHER COUNTRY WILL 
HAVE THE OFFICIAL STATUS OF A NUCLEAR-WEAPONS STATE.   (SIGNED)
NEB/AP/RAE
07-Jun-98 9:22 AM EDT (1322 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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