From: "Sandeep Vaidya (LMI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 'India rejected US offer of military alliance' HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Monday, November 12, 2001 'India rejected US offer of military alliance' Indian Express, New Delhi, November 9: The U.S. had approached India with a proposal for a "major military alliance" but this was rejected by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), according to a report published in a weekly. In a press release issued on Friday, India Today claimed that a report based on confidential documents by its editor Prabhu Chawla revealed that Washington had approached the Indian government with such a proposal. However, it said that the CCS, which deliberated on this at its meeting on October 19 and November three, rejected the proposal. The magazine said that the Bush administration's proposal would have, in effect, made India the foremost military ally of the U.S in Asia. The proposal envisaged a central role for India as a counterweight to China on one hand, and Islamic states of West Asia on the other, it said. The American proposal envisaged military bases in India for training its forces and these included the establishment of a naval firing range and land training facilities. In addition, Washington also wanted the Indian navy to safeguard American interests from the Arabian Sea to the Straits of Malacca by providing escort for its naval supply ships. In the event of these ships being attacked, the Indian navy was expected to engage the enemy, according to the proposal. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
