DATE=4/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248052
TITLE=PAK MISSILE / INDIA REACT (S-ONLY)CQ
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT AN
ARMS RACE DEVELOPING IN SOUTH ASIA FOLLOWING THIS WEEK'S MISSILE
TESTS BY BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM
NEW DELHLI.
TEXT: INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER JASWANT SINGH SAYS INDIA WAS
GIVEN PRIOR NOTICE BY PAKISTAN OF PLANS TO TEST FIRE THE
GHAURI-TWO MISSILE ON WEDNESDAY.
ON SUNDAY, INDIA TEST-FIRED AN UPGRADED VERSION OF ITS OWN
BALLISTIC MISSILE THE AGNI-TWO. IT WAS THE FIRST TEST OF THE AGNI
MISSILE IN FIVE YEARS. THE UNITED STATES AND SEVERAL OTHER
COUNTRIES HAVE CRITICIZED THE MISSILE TESTS SAYING THEY COULD
LEAD TO AN ARMS RACE IN THE REGION. MR. SINGH SAYS HOWEVER
THERE IS NO ARMS RACE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
// INSERT ACTUALITY //
THERE IS NO ARMS RACE, NO ARMS RACE.
// END ACTUALITY //
MR. SINGH SAYS INDIA'S TESTING OF THE AGNI-TWO ON SUNDAY WAS
PURELY DEFENSIVE AND WOULD NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ONGOING TALKS
BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL
ISSUES IN SOUTH ASIA. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/PLM
14-Apr-99 5:17 AM EDT (0917 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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