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US Allays Pakistan's Fears Over Defence Pact With India
Islamabad (AFP) Jul 07, 2005 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday allayed Pakistan's fears over the signing of a defence pact with its traditional rival India, saying Washington would remain "responsive" to its security concerns, the Pakistani government said. Rice, in a telephone call to her Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Thursday, assured that the US would remain "responsive" to Pakistan's security concerns, a government statement said. "She said that the US was mindful of the fact that Pakistan was both a key strategic ally and a major non-NATO ally," it said. Kasuri earlier during the discussion had "recalled their past discussions on this matter and the need to maintain military balance in South Asia and not to inject new and advance weapon systems which could destabilise the security situation in the region," it said. Pakistan last week expressed concern over the defence deal between the United States and India saying it could destabilise the strategic balance in the region. The US and Indian defence ministers signed a 10-year agreement last week paving the way for joint weapons production, cooperation on missile defence and possible lifting of US export controls for sensitive military technologies. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two of them on Kashmir since their independence from Britain in 1947. After coming close to their fourth war the nuclear armed rivals launched a peace process in January 2004 to resolve all issues including the Kashmir dispute through dialogue. Since then they have restored road and air travel links and people-to-people contacts besides launching a bus service across the disputed borders in Kashmir. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
World Powers Threaten Defiant Iran Over Nuclear Crisis
Vienna (AFP) Jan 11, 2006World powers threatened Iran with UN Security Council sanctions Wednesday after it resumed sensitive nuclear activities as a defiant Tehran vowed to press ahead with its disputed atomic programme. |
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