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N-deal will not fuel arms race: U.S.

It provides no "incentives" to New Delhi's military programmes: Boucher

Washington: Allaying apprehensions, the U.S. has said its civilian nuclear agreement with India provides no "incentives" to New Delhi's military programmes and will not in any way fuel an arms race in South Asia.

"There have been a lot of studies and a lot of statements — you heard them all during the debate — about what this (nuclear deal) would do for India's military programmes, whether it would do anything at all. I still believe it would not; I do not think the incentives are there," Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asia Richard Boucher told lawmakers at a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

"As far as the potential for an arms race in the region, we have talked quite clearly to both India and Pakistan. Both of them tell us they do not want to see an arms race... they have no intention of starting one." — PTI

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N-deal will not fuel arms race: U.S.

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