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January 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • INDIA / MISSILE VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India has tested a new version of a ballistic missile that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The test has been conducted at a time when India is locked in a military standoff with its rival Pakistan
  • U-S INDIA PAKISTAN VOA 25 Jan 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says relations between India and Pakistan remain tense, but the situation is improving
  • PENTAGON / INDIA VOA 25 Jan 2002-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld calls military tensions between India and Pakistan "unhelpful."
  • INDIA / U-S VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India's Foreign Ministry has ruled out talks with the United States on the Kashmir problem, calling it an internal matter. Indian officials also say Pakistan must respond to India's request to extradite 20-criminal and terrorist suspects
  • INDIA / DEFENSE VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India's defense minister says his government has no plans to pull back troops from India's border with Pakistan, until cross-border infiltration in India's Jammu and Kashmir State ends
  • INDIA/PAK/REACT VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India has given a cautious welcome to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's promise to crack down on terrorist groups, saying it will wait to see how Islamabad's intention to curb terrorist activity translates into action
  • INDIA / TERRORISM VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India's Home Affairs Minister says it is up to Pakistan to take the steps needed to help defuse tensions between the two South Asian nuclear powers in the wake of last month's deadly terrorist attack on the Indian parliament. During a visit to Washington, however, Minister L.K Advani downplayed concerns that the current tensions might lead to a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN VOA 25 Jan 2002-- India again has ruled out holding talks with Pakistan in the near future, despite an effort to ease tensions by British Prime Minister Tony Blair
  • Transcript: Powell Seeks End To India-Pakistan Crisis Washington File 25 Jan 2002-- Speaking with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on January 4, Secretary of State Colin Powell said he hoped India and Pakistan could avoid military confrontation and work together to fight against terrorism, and not against each other. Powell also said he believed India and Pakistan would eventually have to open a political dialogue over Kashmir.



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