Pakistan says defense deal with U.S. shouldn't worry India

  • 12/15/2022
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Islamabad, Dec 10, SPA -- Pakistan said Friday that itsproposed weapons deal with the United States should notworry India because Islamabad is only trying to beef up its defense. "We have no aggressive plans against any country,"Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told TheAssociated Press in a telephone interview. "We are gettingarms from America for our defense needs." India, after talks Wednesday with visiting U.S. DefenseSecretary Donald Rumsfeld, cautioned that the proposedUS$1.2 billion (¤905 million) weapons sale to Pakistancould damage the fragile peace process between the twoSouth Asian nuclear-armed rivals.--SPA1147 Local Time 0847 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/223778

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