Various - Reactions to Pakistan's nuclear tests
(29 May 1998) T/I: 11:14:50 The UN Security Council on Friday (29/05) said it "strongly deplores" Pakistan's nuclear tests and called on India and Pakistan not to undertake any further tests. Russian and western intelligence services were caught out by the speed with which Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests, Russia's foreign ministry admitted on Friday. The senior advisor to the Israeli prime minister, David Bar Illan, said that Pakistan's decision to test its nuclear capability has created the potential for a dangerous shift in the balance of power in both the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. SHOWS: NEW YORK, USA. 29/05 0.00 WS Security Council chamber; 0.04 Cutaway France and Gabon reps; 0.08 Cutaway China and Costa Rica reps; 0.12 SOT Mr Ngujuna Moses Mahugu (this month`s Security Council President) "The Security Council strongly deplores the underground nuclear testing that Pakistan conducted despite international concern and calls for restraint"; 0.27 Cutaway Slovenia and Sweden reps; 0.30 Cutaway Portugal and Russian reps; 0.34 SOT Mr Ngujuna Moses Mahugu continues: "The Security Council reaffirms that the source of tension in south asia be reduced and eliminated only through peaceful dialogue and not by use of force or other military means"; JERUSALEM, 29/05. 0.51 MS David Bar Illan, Prime Minister Netanyahu's senior advisor; 0.54 SOT David Bar Illan, in English: "It will change the consolidation of power here and pose a very great danger to the rest of the world."; MOSCOW, RUSSIA. 29/05 1.00 WS press conference; 1.05 Cutaway cameras; 1.08 SOT Nesterushkin in English: "It's just a necessity, a must for all the nations to do their best to make treaties like the non-proliferation treaty and the ban on all nuclear tests universal"; 1.25 WS presser; 1.28 WS exterior Foreign Ministry press centre; 1.32 VISION ENDS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
