US may offer F-16 jets to Pakistan, India - report
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 14, IRNA
Pakistan-India
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who begins her first South Asian tour on Tuesday, may offer to sell weapons, including F-16 jets, to Pakistan and India.
Dawn newspaper reported on Monday that Ms. Rice, who has advanced her visit to India by a day, is expected to tell the two nations that the Washington wants good ties with Islamabad and Delhi and that is why it has come up with this proposal.
Pakistan's Ambassador to US Jehangir Karamat, has told reporters that Islamabad would not object to India buying F-16s if Islamabad was also permitted to acquire the sophisticated fighter jets.
The US had stopped all arms sales to the two nations after they tested their nuclear devices in May 1998.
According to Dawn, Pakistan, which depended almost entirely on the US for weapons, was badly affected by this ban that did not affect India.
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