DATE=6/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233804
TITLE=G8 / PAK / INDIA NUKE (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE SEVEN LARGEST INDUSTRIALIZED
NATIONS AND RUSSIA HAVE CALLED ON INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO REFRAIN
FROM FURTHER NUCLEAR TESTS. V-O-A'S ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS
FROM LONDON.
TEXT: THE FOREIGN MINISTERS CONDEMNED THE RECENT NUCLEAR TESTS
CONDUCTED BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
IN A FINAL COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THEIR DAY-LONG MEETING, THE
MINISTERS SAID BOTH COUNTRIES NEED TO TAKE POSITIVE ACTIONS TO
DEFUSE THE TENSION IN THE REGION AND TO HALT AN ARMS RACE ON THE
SUBCONTINENT.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK TOLD REPORTERS SEVERAL
MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME TO PAKISTAN AND
INDIA THAT FURTHER NUCLEAR TESTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
/// COOK ACT ///
WE HAVE TODAY AGREED TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF LOANS
TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN THE WORLD BANK AND IN OTHER
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS APART FROM THOSE TO BASIC HUMAN
NEEDS.
/// END ACT ///
MR. COOK SAID MINISTERS ALSO URGED THE TWO COUNTRIES TO RESUME
WITHOUT DELAY A DIRECT DIALOGUE THAT ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF
THE TENSION, INCLUDING KASHMIR. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/JWH
12-Jun-98 12:27 PM EDT (1627 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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