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Pakistani president offers India nuclear promise
* Story Highlights
* Pakistani president assures rival India he would not be the first to use
nukes
* President Asif Ali Zardari proposes the idea of a nuclear-free South Asia
* Predominantly Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have fought three wars
since 1947
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's president has assured rival India he
would not be the first to use atomic weapons in any future conflict and
proposed the idea of a nuclear-free South Asia.
Pakistan's nuclear doctrine, unlike India's, does not contain a clause saying
the country will not use its weapons first in conflict.
It was not clear if President Asif Ali Zardari's comments, made Saturday during
a video conference question-and-answer session organized by The Hindustan Times
newspaper of India, represented a formal change in policy.
Asked by a student whether Pakistan was prepared to say it would not use a
nuclear weapon first, Zardari said: "Most defiantly, I am against nuclear
warfare altogether," he said.
The moderator then asked the question again, pointing out to Zardari that his
earlier answer was a "headline." Zardari again replied, "Definitely."
Zardari proposed the idea of a nuclear-free South Asia, saying he could
persuade lawmakers to support such a plan, the reports said.
"I am sure I can get my parliament to agree with that, straight on. Can you say
the same?" he asked those in attendance, which including government and
business leaders.
He gave no more details on the idea, which Pakistan -- six times smaller than
India -- has proposed before.
Predominantly Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have fought three wars since they
were created in the bloody partition of the Indian subcontinent at independence
from Britain in 1947.
The stakes got much higher after both tested nuclear weapons in 1998.
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