DATE=11/9/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241377
TITLE=INDIA / U-S / S
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIAN AND U-S EXPERTS HAVE OPENED TALKS IN NEW DELHI ON
EXPORT-CONTROL PROGRAMS TO LIMIT NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS FROM THE INDIAN CAPITAL.
TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THESE ARE LOW-KEY TALKS BY TECHNICAL
EXPERTS. THE AMERICAN TEAM IS LEAD BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF STATE JOHN BARKER AND INCLUDES MEMBERS THE U-S DEFENSE,
COMMERCE AND ENERGY DEPARTMENTS.
THE SIDES ARE EXPECTED TO STUDY PROGRAMS FOR EXPORT CONTROLS,
IDENTIFY LOOPHOLES AND HOW TO CLOSE THEM, AND TO TRY TO FIND A
COMMON POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS. THE UNITED
STATES HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
IN THE WAKE OF THE NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN MAY.
THE TALKS COME JUST AFTER PRESIDENT CLINTON DECIDED TO WAIVE SOME
SANCTIONS THAT WERE IMPOSED ON THE COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THEIR
NUCLEAR TESTS. WASHINGTON IS PRESSURING BOTH NATIONS TO SIGN THE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY. THE TALKS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN
ONE-AND-A-HALF DAYS.
(SIGNED)
NEB / WD / WD
09-Nov-98 4:13 AM EST (0913 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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