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Israel concerned about Pak`s nuke leaks

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, Feb 11, IRNA -- Israel said Tuesday night that it was 
"very concerned" by the "new information" about nuclear 
proliferation from Pakistan and the possibility that an organization 
like the Al-Qaeda could have gained access to nuclear weapons, local 
press reported here on Wednesday. 
The Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, who arrived in 
India on Monday on a four-day official visit said after talks with 
his Indian counterpart, Yashwant Sinha: "It [nuclear proliferation] 
will destabilize the entire world and we should work together in 
order to put an end to their [terrorists] efforts to achieve 
[obtain] such kinds of nuclear weapons." 
"We believe that it is a global threat and all democracies around 
the world should do everything we can in order to disarm all ... 
those... regimes that would like to bring destruction to their 
enemies or their neighbors and we should do it against states, 
countries and organizations," Shalom said in brief remarks to the 
press in Sinha`s presence. 
Addressing a joint news conference with External Affairs 
Minister Yashwant Sinha, the visiting official said Israel saw India 
as one of the key players in the efforts toward bringing about peace 
in West Asia. 
Reiterating Israel`s resolve to combat terrorism, Shalom said 
his government was now involved in fashioning a political 
arrangement with Palestine for lasting peace in the region. 
To a question by an Israeli journalist at the joint press 
interaction, Sinha did not offer public support to the construction 
of a security barrier by Israel (on Palestinian territory) to curb 
and control the movement of the Palestinians. 
Sinha said: "We have dealt with this issue in the United Nations 
[where India has voted against the barrier along with a vast majority 
of nations] according to our best judgment. The only thing I`d like 
to tell you at this point of time is we continue to deal with this 
issue according to our best judgment... I have shared my views with 
the Deputy Prime Minister [Shalom]." 
"We have shared our assessment of views on developments in the 
Indian sub-continent as well as in West Asia. India hopes for the 
early return of a just, comprehensive and durable peace in the 
region," Sinha said. 
Shalom, who also met India`s Deputy Prime Minister, Lal Krishna 
Advani, said India had given permission to re-open the Israeli 
consulate in Mumbai. 
Shalom will call on President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister 
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Defense Minister George Fernandes on 
Wednesday. 
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