03-31-2006, 03:01 AM
'No comparisons between India, Iran on N-issue'
[ Thursday, March 30, 2006 09:09:22 pmPTI ]
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"...at the end of the day, India has been a responsible member of the international community when it comes to issues of nonproliferation. Iran, on the other hand, has abrogated its treaty obligations not to seek to develop a nuclear weapon, continually lied to the international community about that, continually deceived the international community about that," the Spokesman maintained.
"And certainly we do have concerns about Iran's involvement in proliferation of WMD (weapons of mass destruction). Certainly we can -- one great example is going back to the contacts between the Iranian regime and the (Pakistani scientist) A Q Khan network.
The A Q Khan network was in business for one thing, and that was to help parties develop nuclear weapons," the spokesman said.
So, he said "the track record of Iran with regard to non-proliferation behaviour, I think is -- stands in stark contrast to the -- over the recent history, the behaviour of India in this regard and that is the reason.
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[ Thursday, March 30, 2006 09:09:22 pmPTI ]
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"...at the end of the day, India has been a responsible member of the international community when it comes to issues of nonproliferation. Iran, on the other hand, has abrogated its treaty obligations not to seek to develop a nuclear weapon, continually lied to the international community about that, continually deceived the international community about that," the Spokesman maintained.
"And certainly we do have concerns about Iran's involvement in proliferation of WMD (weapons of mass destruction). Certainly we can -- one great example is going back to the contacts between the Iranian regime and the (Pakistani scientist) A Q Khan network.
The A Q Khan network was in business for one thing, and that was to help parties develop nuclear weapons," the spokesman said.
So, he said "the track record of Iran with regard to non-proliferation behaviour, I think is -- stands in stark contrast to the -- over the recent history, the behaviour of India in this regard and that is the reason.
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