(29 May 1998) English/Nat
The Russian government has issued an official statement in reply to Pakistan's recent nuclear testing.
Pakistan announced details of five underground detonations on Thursday and said it was arming a long-range missile with nuclear warheads.
A spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry,Valery Nesterushkin, said that Pakistan had reacted in response to India, and it was unfortunate that both nations had ignored
international opinion.
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"They followed the same experiments conducted by India but still the situation is very complicated, we regret very much that the capitals of these two countries haven't decided to hear attentively to all the messages sent to them from different countries."
SUPERCAPTION: Valery Nesterushkin, Deputy Foreign Minister.
But, he said, Russia still trusted diplomatic means as a viable way to avert further crisis in the region.
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"We still believe that the international activity in this area can bring about a constructive reaction from both sides and they will understand the necessity of political negotiations
about all the problems they are having in their bilateral relations."
SUPERCAPTION: Valery Nesterushkin, Deputy Foreign Minister.
Pakistan's ambassador to Russia also discussed his nation's testing on one of Moscow's most influential radio programs.
He defended the testing and explained that Pakistan had every right to make the five tests in the wake of India's testing.
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"We expected Russia to express their regret and concern at our test and this is what they have done and we do not expect that Russia is going to apply any sanctions in any case there is no aid or much of a trade relationship between us and Russia."
SUPERCAPTION: Pakistani Ambassador to Russia, Manzur Alam
Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov had already released a common statement with NATO Thursday urging India and Pakistan to stop the tests and to sign the nonproliferation treaty.
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