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DATE=1/31/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-24899
TITLE=INDIA / U-S / L-O
BYLINE=ANJANA PASRICHA
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES SUNDAY 
CONCLUDED THREE DAYS OF TALKS IN NEW DELHI ON NUCLEAR AND 
SECURITY-RELATED ISSUES. FROM NEW DELHI, ANJANA PASRICHA REPORTS 
THIS WAS THE EIGHTH ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. 
TEXT:  INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JASWANT SINGH DESCRIBES THE TALKS 
AS "FRUITFUL, PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE." U-S DEPUTY SECRETARY 
OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT -- WHO IS LEADING THE AMERICAN DELEGATION
TO SOUTH ASIA -- SAYS HE SHARES THE SENSE OF SATISFACTION OVER 
THE TALKS, ALTHOUGH WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE.
THESE TALKS ARE PART OF A DIALOGUE THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR BETWEEN 
INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES AFTER NEW DELHI AND ISLAMABAD 
CONDUCTED NUCLEAR TESTS. 
THE DIALOGUE HAS MAINLY FOCUSED ON LIMITING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
IN SOUTH ASIA.  INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THESE CONCERNS REMAIN -- BUT
THAT THE FOCUS OF BILATERAL TALKS IS MOVING BEYOND THIS ISSUE.  
ACCORDING TO FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN K-C SINGH BOTH COUNTRIES 
WANT TO CREATE A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE TO ADVANCE THEIR RELATIONS, 
WHICH SUFFERED A SETBACK AFTER INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS. 
                    ///SINGH ACTUALITY///
         THE TWO DELEGATIONS RECOGNIZE THE LENGTH OF THE TIME 
         DEVOTED TO THESE TALKS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN U-S / INDIAN 
         RELATIONS.  IT IS THE VIEW OF BOTH DELEGATIONS THAT THIS
         IS TIME WELL SPENT, LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW, 
         BROAD-BASED RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS ELUDED THE UNITED 
         STATES AND INDIA IN THE PAST WHICH BOTH SIDES ARE 
         DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE IN THE FUTURE.
                     ///END ACTUALITY///
A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER THE TALKS SAYS THE TWO COUNTRIES 
WILL RESUME BILATERAL COOPERATION IN SOME AREAS, INCLUDING 
MILITARY TRAINING.
THE TALKS HAVE FOCUSED ON PRESSING NEW DELHI TO JOIN THE 
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY AND OTHER MULTILATERAL 
AGREEMENTS.  WASHINGTON ALSO WANTS INDIA TO ADOPT RESTRAINTS ON 
ITS MISSILE PROGRAM AND ACCEPT EXPORT-CONTROL PROGRAMS TO LIMIT 
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION. 
THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL BE HELD 
TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.  THE AMERICAN DELEGATION LEAVES 
FOR ISLAMABAD, MONDAY, FOR TALKS WITH PAKISTAN.  (SIGNED) 
NEB / WD / WD
31-Jan-99 6:46 AM EST (1146 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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