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India-Pakistan
Sharon to Visit India today
2003-09-08
JPost - Reg Req’d; Heartburn for the Pakis...heh heh
Despite a cold that kept him home sick for a week, and the heightened tension of the last two days, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to travel to India today.
See, Yassin? You weren’t the only one feeling down this weekend
The three-day visit will be the first ever by an Israeli prime minister, and is meant to demonstrate the strength of the relationship as well as give a push to further defense, cultural, and trade ties. Sharon will be accompanied Justice Minister Yosef Lapid, Education Minister Limor Livnat, and Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz, 30 of the country’s leading businessmen, and Defense Ministry Director-General Amos Yaron. He is to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, and Defense Minister George Fernandes, as well as Sonia Gandhi, head of the opposition Congress Party. He will be going both to New Delhi and Bombay.
Two cities noted for their occasional colorful explosions...
Zvi Gabai, the Foreign Ministry’s deputy-director for Asia, said four different bilateral agreements are to be signed on environmental issues, health issues, fighting drug trafficking, and visa waivers for those carrying diplomatic passports. Non-military trade between India and Israel has grown from some $200 million when full diplomatic ties were established in 1992 to an estimated $1.6 billion this year. The military component of the relationship numbers which neither side is willing to divulge add hundreds of millions of dollars to this figure each year.
Nuke missiles capable of reaching NWFP would be nice...
Israel, according to a number of unconfirmed reports, has turned into India’s second largest arms supplier, after Russia. One Israeli official said India has supplanted Turkey as the biggest market for Israel’s arms industry. It is widely expected that final details of the $1.2b. sale of three Phalcon airborne early-warning radar systems will be finalized during this visit.
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