DATE=1/29/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244836
TITLE=U-S / INDIA TALKS (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THREE SENIOR U-S OFFICIALS HAVE ARRIVED IN NEW DELHI FOR
TALKS WITH INDIAN OFFICIALS ON NUCLEAR AND OTHER SECURITY
ISSUES. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS THIS IS THE EIGHTH ROUND OF
TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
TEXT: U-S DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT LEADS THE U-S
DELEGATION, WHICH WILL TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN ON MONDAY.
TALKS BETWEEN U-S OFFICIALS AND THEIR INDIAN AND PAKISTANI
COUNTERPARTS BEGAN LAST YEAR AFTER BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN
CONDUCTED A SERIES OF NUCLEAR TESTS.
U-S OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PRESSING BOTH COUNTRIES TO SIGN THE
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY -- A MOVE BOTH INDIA AND
PAKISTAN HAVE REJECTED.
SPEAKING FRIDAY IN NEW DELHI, MR. TALBOTT SAID SEVEN PREVIOUS
ROUNDS OF TALKS HAVE NOT MADE MUCH PROGRESS BUT THAT HE WOULD
CONTINUE TO TRY AND RECONCILE INDIAN SECURITY CONCERNS WITH U-S
CONCERNS ABOUT NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.
INDIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER GEORGES FERNANDES TOLD REPORTERS ON
FRIDAY HE HOPED THIS CURRENT ROUND OF TALKS WILL ACCOMPLISH MORE
BUT THAT INDIA WILL DECIDE BY ITSELF WHAT LEVEL OF NUCLEAR
DETERRENCE IT NEEDS. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/PLM
29-Jan-99 6:33 AM EST (1133 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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