DATE=6/4/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233325
TITLE=SOUTH ASIA NUKES (S)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=GENEVA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
/// MEETING OF FIVE FOREIGN MINISTERS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
AT 15:15 U-T-C (11:15 AM EDT) ///
INTRO: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE FIVE PERMANENT U-N SECURITY
COUNCIL COUNTRIES HAVE GATHERED IN GENEVA TO TRY TO ARRIVE AT AN
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
V-O-A'S GIL BUTLER IN GENEVA REPORTS THAT IN ADVANCE OF THE
SESSION, U-S SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT IS HOLDING
SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CHINA AND RUSSIA.
TEXT: SECRETARY ALBRIGHT HAS SAID HER IMMEDIATE GOAL IS
PREVENTING FURTHER ESCALATION OF THE NUCLEAR CRISIS BEGUN WHEN
INDIA HELD A SERIES OF NUCLEAR TESTS AND PAKISTAN RESPONDED WITH
ITS OWN SERIES OF TESTS.
TO DO THAT THE TWO HOSTILE SOUTH ASIAN NEIGHBORS WILL BE URGED
NOT TO TEST AGAIN OR DEPLOY NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON MISSILES. FOR
THE LONGER TERM, THE FIVE MAJOR NUCLEAR POWERS MEETING HERE WILL
DISCUSS THE UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT INDIA AND
PAKISTAN TO WAR THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 50 YEARS.
THE DIFFICULTIES IN CONVINCING THEM TO END THEIR NUCLEAR RACE ARE
HUGE. SANCTIONS AND THE THREAT OF SANCTIONS FAILED TO PREVENT
THE TESTS. AND SECRETARY ALBRIGHT, FOR ONE, SAYS THE TWO
COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED FOR BREAKING THE
NON-PROLIFERATION SYSTEM. (SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/JWH
04-Jun-98 6:40 AM EDT (1040 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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