India Not to Sign CTBT in Foreseeable FutureIndia did not have any plans to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the immediate foreseeable future, Brajesh Mishra, principal secretary of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was quoted Saturday as saying.In an interview with the local "Outlook" magazine, Mishra also said that Vajpayee would not meet Pakistani Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations Millennium Summit next week. India signing the CTBT was not on anyone's agenda and "anything can happen on the CTBT only after a consensus is achieved at home, " according to a press release issued Saturday by the magazine. Vajpayee is scheduled to leave here on a 13-day visit to the United States next Thursday during which he will address the U.N. summit and pay an official visit to the U.S. "There is no question of Vajpayee meeting Musharraf in New York," Mishra told the magazine. |
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