DATE=1/15/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244242
TITLE=INDIA / PAK / MISSILES (L)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT REPORTS
THAT INDIA AND PAKISTAN MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF CONDUCTING MISSILE
TESTS THAT COULD FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE REGION. FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS.
TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS THE UNITED
STATES HAS RAISED ITS CONCERNS WITH INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND IS
URGING THEM NOT TO CARRY OUT MISSILE TESTS.
/// RUBIN ACT ///
WE HAVE URGED BOTH SIDES TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT AND TO
AVOID INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS THAT WOULD HEIGHTEN TENSIONS
AND FUEL A MISSILE ARMS RACE.
/// END ACT ///
REPORTS OF POSSIBLE MISSILE TESTS FIRST APPEARED IN REGIONAL
NEWSPAPERS. MR. RUBIN DECLINED TO SAY WHAT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THE UNITED STATES MIGHT HAVE ABOUT POSSIBLE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE TESTS.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THE TESTS WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL TO EFFORTS TO
REDUCE TENSIONS AND BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE REGION.
LAST YEAR INDIA AND PAKISTAN CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF UNDERGROUND
NUCLEAR TESTS. BY DEVELOPING MISSILES THE TWO BITTER RIVALS
WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
U-S DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOT WILL RAISE U-S
CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE MISSILE TESTS WHEN HE VISITS THE REGION
LATER THIS MONTH. (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/WDC/PT
15-Jan-99 3:11 PM EST (2011 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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