US to limit sale of military technology to Pakistan: India
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, July 26, IRNA
India-US-Pakistan Arms Sale
India would continue to engage Washington to limit the sale of advanced military technology to the neighboring country which could be used against India.
Criticizing the US decision to supply 36, F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma said, in a reply in Lok Sabha (Lower House), that the government would also continue to modernize and equip the Indian armed forces to deal with all threats to national security.
The statement came in the wake of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifying the US Congress last month of a possible sale of 36 F-16C/D Block 50-52 aircraft.
It has also notified its intention to supply 60 mid-life update modification kits and Falcon Star Structure Life Enhancement Kits with associated equipment and services for F-16A/B in Pakistan's inventory.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed his disappointment to US President George W Bush on the American approach to supply the fighters to Pakistan and the government has made it clear that the step was not conducive to improving Indo-Pak ties.
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