NEW DELHI: India will not tolerate another nuclear weapon state in its neighbourhood, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh told a delegation of Muslim organisations on Tuesday. "Iran has had a clandestine nuclear programme for several years and it is not in our national interest to have another nuclear weapon state in our neighbourhood," said Singh. He advised Iran to fulfil all duties of a signatory state to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). However, Iran is also entitled to all the rights given in the treaty, he added.
The prime minister said that improved relations between India and the United States were in the country's interest. There is no question of New Delhi succumbing to external pressure regarding its foreign policy, he added. |