DATE=5/30/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233053
TITLE=PAK BLAST / INDIA REACT (S-UPDATE)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SENIOR INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED BY A
SECOND ROUND OF NUCLEAR TESTS IN PAKISTAN. V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE
REPORTS INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO CHANGE THEIR
SELF-IMPOSED MORATORIUM ON NUCLEAR TESTING PUT IN PLACE AFTER
INDIA CONDUCTED FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS OF ITS OWN EARLIER THIS MONTH.
TEXT: INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE CLOSELY MONITORED
PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED AND NOT
ALARMED BY A SECOND ROUND OF TESTS.
K-C SINGH A SPOKESMAN FOR INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS WHAT THE
INDIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE IS A "NO-FIRST USE" AGREEMENT ON
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH PAKISTAN.
// INSERT SINGH ACTUALITY //
THERE IS A NEED FOR A "NO-FIRST USE" AGREEMENT WITH
PAKISTAN AND THERE IS ALSO A NECESSITY FOR PEACE AND
SECURITY IN THE AREA.
// END ACTUALITY //
INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO START A NEW ROUND OF
NUCLEAR TESTS THEMSELVES SAYING THEY WILL STICK TO THEIR
SELF-IMPOSED MORATORIUM PUT INTO EFFECT MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
THOSE SAME OFFICIALS ALSO SAY THEY WILL NOT CONDEMN THE MOST
RECENT PAKISTANI TESTS BECAUSE INDIA RECOGNIZES PAKISTAN'S
SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE REGION. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/TMD/JO
30-May-98 9:35 AM EDT (1335 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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