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SLUG: 2-303001 India / Pakistan (S-O)
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DATE=5/8/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=INDIA / PAKISTAN (S-ONLY) NUMBER=2-303001 BYLINE=ANJANA PASRICHA DATELINE= CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: India has rejected a recent suggestion by Pakistan that both countries give up their nuclear weapons. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. TEXT: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee told lawmakers that India will not consider getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Mr. Vajpayee was responding to a recent offer by Pakistan to scrap its nuclear arsenal, provided India did the same. /// INSERT VAJPAYEE IN HINDI FADE UNDER /// The Indian prime minister says Islamabad's nuclear program is what he called India-specific. But he says New Delhi's security concerns are not limited to Pakistan, but include other countries in the region. India fought a brief border war with China in 1962. But relations between the two countries have improved significantly. Mr. Vajpayee says India has adopted a nuclear doctrine saying it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons. A military standoff between India and Pakistan last year had sparked international fears about a possible nuclear exchange in South Asia. Both countries conducted nuclear tests in 1998. (signed) NEB/AP/RH/FC |
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