DATE=4/11/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247096
TITLE=PAK / INDIA REACT (S)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA'S SUNDAY TEST-FIRING OF A MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILE MAY
BE RAISING THE STAKES IN SOUTH ASIA/ AS CORRESPONDENT SCOTT
ANGER REPORTS FROM ISLAMABAD, THE TEST HAS RAISED THE
PROBABILITY OF REACTIVE ACTION BY RIVAL PAKISTAN.
TEXT: SOON AFTER INDIA'S SUCCESSFUL TEST OF THE AGNI-TWO
BALLISTIC MISSILE, PAKISTAN WARNED IT MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE WHAT IT
CALLS A BEFITTING RESPONSE. ISLAMABAD HAS MAINTAINED -- IF NEW
DELHI CONDUCTED ANY MISSILE TESTS -- IT, TOO, WOULD HAVE TO TEST
A NEW MISSILE CAPABLE OF CARRYING A NUCLEAR WARHEAD.
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SARTAJ AZIZ HAS TOLD REUTERS NEWS
AGENCY PAKISTAN WILL MAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO TEST, IN A DAY OR
TWO.
UNDER NEW BILATERAL AGREEMENT, INDIA ALERTED ARCH-RIVAL PAKISTAN
ABOUT THE MISSILE TEST. BOTH COUNTRIES -- WHICH HAVE FOUGHT
THREE WARS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS -- CONDUCTED BACK-TO-BACK NUCLEAR
TESTS LAST MAY, RAISING TENSIONS IN THE REGION. (SIGNED)
NEB / SA / DWJ / WD
11-Apr-99 4:20 AM EDT (0820 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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