DATE=5/30/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233066
TITLE=PAK / WORLD REACT (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=BARRY WOOD
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THERE IS A CHORUS OF NEGATIVE REACTION WORLD WIDE TO NEWS
THAT PAKISTAN CONDUCTED A SECOND ROUND OF NUCLEAR TESTS ON
SATURDAY. V-O-A'S BARRY WOOD HAS THIS SUMMARY OF WORLD REACTION.
TEXT: HERE IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT CLINTON DEPLORED WHAT HE
CALLED THE SELF-DEFEATING CYCLE OF ESCALATION THAT INCREASES
TENSION IN ALL OF SOUTH ASIA. MR. CLINTON SAID THE PAKISTANI AND
EARLIER INDIAN TESTS DO NOT ADD TO THE SECURITY OF EITHER
COUNTRY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT URGED BOTH PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO
RENOUNCE ANY FUTURE NUCLEAR TESTS.
IN LONDON, THE FOREIGN OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT FOREIGN MINISTERS
FROM THE WORLD'S EIGHT ECONOMIC SUMMIT COUNTRIES WILL MEET JUNE
12TH TO COORDINATE AN APPROACH TO NUCLEAR TESTS. THE EIGHT
COUNTRIES INCLUDE RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, CANADA AND
FOUR WEST EUROPEAN NATIONS. IN MOSCOW, RICHARD GEPHARDT, THE
MINORITY LEADER IN THE U-S SENATE, SAID RECENT TESTS PROVE THAT
THE THREAT OF UNILATERAL U-S SANCTIONS IS NOT A SUFFICIENT
DETERRENT. HE SAID HIS PRINCIPAL CONCERN IS THE TRANSFER OF
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN.
IN SOUTH AFRICA THE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED GRAVE DISAPPOINTMENT
WITH THE PAKISTAN TESTS AND SAID WORLD SECURITY IS BASED ON
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT--NOT NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.
IN NEW DELHI SENIOR INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED
BY THE SECOND ROUND OF PAKISTAN TESTS AND WOULD NOT CONDEMN THEM
BECAUSE INDIA RECOGNIZES PAKISTAN'S SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE
REGION.
INDIA TOUCHED OFF THE ESCALATION OF TENSION WHEN IT TESTED
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EARLIER THIS MONTH. IN ISLAMABAD THE PAKISTAN
AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED THE SATURDAY TEST BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION
OF A MORATORIUM ON FUTURE TESTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/BDW
30-May-98 1:39 PM EDT (1739 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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