- BOMBAY (AFP) - Indian Defence
Minister George Fernandes said Pakistan's military ego had been boosted
by the economic and military support the country received from China.
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- "Everyone knows what Pakistan will be without China.
Its ego is boosted purely by the support it gets from China," Fernandes
said at a function organised by the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) here.
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- "They (Pakistan) have been getting economical and
military support from China since the post-partition (1947) era."
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- Fernandes said Pakistan's growth in military could be
understood from the fact that before India conducted its nuclear tests
in 1998, Pakistan was already prepared with a nuclear arsenal.
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- Arch-rivals India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests
in 1998 attracting economic sanctions from the United States and the other
developed countries.
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- Fernandes said the government was fighting the war on
terrorism on all the required fronts and the ongoing Kashmir elections
had proved India's committed efforts in this direction.
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- "The world media was present on the day of the first
round of the elections and they have seen how free and fair the elections
are being held," he said.
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- "The elections is a way to counter terrorism by
proving that using only bullets against terrorism is not the only way to
end it."
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