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| India-Pakistan |
| Russia concerned over troop build-up |
| 2008-12-28 |
| MOSCOW: Russia voiced grave concern over the build-up of troops on the border between India and Pakistan, urging the two states to step back from the brink of war. "Russia is extremely concerned by reports of a massive build-up of troops and military equipment on both sides of the India-Pakistan border," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. "Tension in the region has reached a dangerous level. There are alarming reports that New Delhi and Islamabad are not ruling out the use of military force against each other." To emphasise how gravely it viewed the situation, the Foreign Ministry took the rare step of issuing a "statement" rather than the usual "communiqué for the media." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Putin is fearfull that the Russian equipment purchased by the Indian government will not perform as advertised and will be replaced rapidly by US equipment, thus endangering one source of foreign capital into Russian coffers. |
| Posted by: Rob06 2008-12-28 16:57 |
| #4 Pakistan has already used military force against India. They did it in Bombay through the use of paramilitary proxies. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-12-28 12:27 |
| #3 Putti leaned Obama was "concerned." In support of his candidate, he and the RU's must now be "concerned" as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-28 08:14 |
| #2 Why should they care---India's is their best weapons buyer? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-28 07:31 |
| #1 Concerned enough to stop exporting weapons and nuclear technology to the region? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-28 02:51 |