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India expresses dismay, skepticism at Pakistan's missile tests
Sat May 25, 8:34 AM ET
By NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI, India - India expressed dismay and skepticism as Pakistan conducted the first of a series of missile tests Saturday, calling it an unwanted provocation amid escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals.
"Pakistan's decision to test is a deeply provocative act," said Amitabh Mattoo, a member of India's National Security Advisory Board, a government body.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was reported by the Press Trust of India (news - web sites) news agency as saying India's patience was fast wearing thin and asked world leaders to mount pressure on Pakistan to stop supporting Muslim militants operating in Kashmir (news - web sites).
"We have waited for far too long and our wait is nearing its end," Vajpayee was reported as telling journalists.
Tensions between the two nations escalated last week after suspected Pakistan-based Islamic militants raided an army camp in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 34 people. India and Pakistan have massed about 1 million troops at their border.
In the past week, cross-border shelling has killed dozens in Kashmir, which both nations claim. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over the Himalayan region.
Jasjit Singh, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in New Delhi, said the tests were a message to the United States and other Western nations.
"The missile tests are aimed at creating a scare among policy-makers in Washington and London," said Singh. "It's Pakistan's invitation card to Jack Straw."
The United States and other Western nations have been engaged in frantic diplomatic efforts to get both India and Pakistan to move away from the brink of war. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is due to visit the region next week in a bid to defuse the situation.
On Friday, India dismissed Pakistan's missile tests as "routine" and "not central to the current situation" on the border.
In Islamabad, Gen. Talat Masood, a defense analyst, said Pakistan had given a message that "as a sovereign nation, we are not afraid of war and have (the) full capability to face any kind of situation."
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