I don't think the criticism that this agreement has been geared to further augment (India's) strategic nuclear program holds water.

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On New Year's Day 1992 there was no more a Soviet Union. We had to start all over again with a new set of people.

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It is a unique agreement, but I don't think it is a risky agreement. Now we are doubly concerned, because a new dimension has been added. That is the fear of weapons of mass destruction ending up in the wrong hands _ terrorist organizations.

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I would say it is not only an act of statesmanship but an act of faith. Both our countries were departing from something which has been well ingrained in the mind-sets of most of our people. We knew there was going to be significant opposition to change. Change is always viewed with suspicion and often viewed as subversive.

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The likelihood of that is remote because this is one relationship where ... you don't have difficulty in reconciling principle and practice or the vital national interests with values.

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