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DATE=6/3/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233293
TITLE=ALBRIGHT / PAKISTAN-INDIA (L AND S)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  U-S SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT LEAVES TODAY 
(HAS LEFT) [FYI 4:15PM WHEELS UP] FOR A MEETING IN GENEVA 
DESIGNED TO COORDINATE AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR TESTS
BY PAKISTAN AND INDIA.   MS. ALBRIGHT DESCRIBES THE MEETING IN 
GENEVA AS THE BEGINNING OF A LENGTHY PROCESS OF DEFUSING TENSIONS
AND AVOIDING A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA.  V-O-A'S GIL 
BUTLER HAS MORE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
TEXT:  SECRETARY ALBRIGHT OUTLINED THREE MAIN GOALS OF THE GENEVA
FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: TO MAKE SURE THE SITUATION DOESN'T 
ESCALATE THROUGH FURTHER TESTING OR DEPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS, TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE LONG DISPUTE 
BETWEEN THE SOUTH ASIAN NEIGHBORS, AND TO REAFFIRM THAT THE 
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION SYSTEM IS STILL VALID.
MS. ALBRIGHT REJECTED RECOGNIZING INDIA AND PAKISTAN AS NUCLEAR 
POWERS. /// OPT /// SHE EXPLAINED THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT
COULD HAVE BECOME NUCLEAR STATES--ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, SOUTH 
AFRICA, UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND KAZAKHSTAN-- HAVE VOLUNTARILY GIVEN
UP THEIR POTENTIAL FOR ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.  SO, /// END 
OPT /// SHE SAID, IT WOULD BE WRONG TO REWARD INDIA AND PAKISTAN 
FOR BREAKING THE NON-PROLIFERATION SYSTEM.
                 /// OPT ////// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
         WE HAVE TO DRAW A VERY FINE LINE HERE BETWEEN MAKING IT 
         CLEAR THAT WHAT THE INDIANS AND PAKISTANIS DID WAS 
         UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT NOW MEMBERS OF THE 
         NUCLEAR GROUP.  BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE NOT TO BE
         ISOLATED OR TREATED AS PARIAHS BUT THAT THEY NEED TO BE 
         A PART OF THE SOLUTION.  THEY CLEARLY ARE THE PROBLEM 
         AND THEY DO NEED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
                 /// END ACT ////// END OPT ///
MS. ALBRIGHT SAID ONE OF THE ISSUES THE GENEVA MEETING WILL 
DISCUSS IS HOW AND WHEN TO BRING INDIA AND PAKISTAN INTO A 
DIALOGUE BECAUSE THEY MUST BE PART OF A SOLUTION.
THE NEAR TERM GOAL THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN GENEVA IS HOW TO  
PREVENT FURTHER TESTS AND--MORE URGENTLY--HOW TO KEEP INDIA AND 
PAKISTAN FROM ACTUALLY DEPLOYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
                        /// REST OPT ///
A LARGER MEETING IS SCHEDULED IN LONDON NEXT WEEK OF THE EIGHT 
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES TO FOLLOW-UP ON THE GENEVA 
SESSION.(SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/LTD/JO
03-Jun-98 1:46 PM EDT (1746 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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