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Israeli FM: India Building Separation Fence to Block Terrorist Incursions

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - During his visit to India, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said: India, which voted in the UN in favor of sending the security fence issue to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, has decided not to present oral arguments against the fence. One senior diplomatic official said India is worried that if the ICJ takes up the fence issue, the court will then feel free to take up India's conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir. India "has decided to take the same step and build a separation fence to prevent the incursion of terrorists into its territory. Therefore on this matter India may be able to understand better than others the need to build a barrier that will prevent those acts of terror and suicide bombings." "We are very much concerned about the [nuclear] proliferation and the possibility that an extreme organization like al-Qaeda will have the access. With nuclear weapons it will destabilize the entire world. We should work together in order to put an end to their efforts." "Terror is an enemy which threatens our common values and our shared way of life. Israel and India are natural partners in the struggle against it." Pakistan has made no move to establish political or economic ties with Israel, contrary to media speculation.
2004-02-12 00:00:00
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