NEW DELH(SANA): India has rejected Pakistans proposal to move heavy artillery and mortars away from the Line of Control citing frequent ceasefire violations and asked Islamabad to come clear on its nuclear policy, including command and control over nuclear assets.
This was conveyed to the Pakistani officials by India during the two-day talks on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures that were held in Islamabad after a gap of four years.
During the talks India conveyed to Pakistan on the need to demonstrate in practical measure restraint and responsibility in the nuclear field and urged it facilitate the talks on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.
India expressed its inability to accept the Pakistani proposal of relocating heavy artillery citing the ongoing violations of ceasefire along the LoC, the sources said.
New Delhi cannot look at such proposals till the situation on the LoC improves, they said.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna is slated to visit Pakistan to review the progress of the talks and both sides are keen to have the meetings between Home Secretaries, Water Resources Secretaries, Defense Secretaries and Foreign Secretaries before the visit.
On the nuclear CBMs, India made it clear to Pakistan that views on nuclear doctrines could be exchanged only when official documents enunciating the policies are available in the public domain.
Indian officials also told their Pakistani counterparts to allow discussion on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference on Disarmament.
This would be a CBM, sources said pointing out that Pakistan had blocked the discussions on FMCT claiming that it has to continue producing fissile material used in nuclear weapons to address the conventional military imbalance with India.
India rejects Pak proposal to move heavy artillery from LoC | Kashmir | South Asian News Agency
This was conveyed to the Pakistani officials by India during the two-day talks on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures that were held in Islamabad after a gap of four years.
During the talks India conveyed to Pakistan on the need to demonstrate in practical measure restraint and responsibility in the nuclear field and urged it facilitate the talks on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.
India expressed its inability to accept the Pakistani proposal of relocating heavy artillery citing the ongoing violations of ceasefire along the LoC, the sources said.
New Delhi cannot look at such proposals till the situation on the LoC improves, they said.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna is slated to visit Pakistan to review the progress of the talks and both sides are keen to have the meetings between Home Secretaries, Water Resources Secretaries, Defense Secretaries and Foreign Secretaries before the visit.
On the nuclear CBMs, India made it clear to Pakistan that views on nuclear doctrines could be exchanged only when official documents enunciating the policies are available in the public domain.
Indian officials also told their Pakistani counterparts to allow discussion on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference on Disarmament.
This would be a CBM, sources said pointing out that Pakistan had blocked the discussions on FMCT claiming that it has to continue producing fissile material used in nuclear weapons to address the conventional military imbalance with India.
India rejects Pak proposal to move heavy artillery from LoC | Kashmir | South Asian News Agency
