India’s nuclear competences not targeted in contradiction of any Nation

NEW DELHI: Upholding that its strategic competences were not targeted against any particular country, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said,”India’s strategic autonomy and growing engagement contributes to strategic stability.”

It stands for all valid international obligations and expects others do the same, while responding to Chinese reaction to its test-firing of Agni V missile.

The Spokesperson’s statements came after Chinese Foreign Ministry hoped that India’s test-firing of the nuclear-capable Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile that could cover all of China complied with UN Security Council rules and protected South Asia’s strategic balance.

Even as Beijing upheld that the two nations are “not rivals for competition but partners for cooperation”, it took exception to media reports that the successful test of Agni-V was meant to target China.

Hua Chunying, Foreign ministry spokesperson in Beijing said that they have noted reports on India’s test fire of Agni-5 ballistic missile.

The UN Security Council has explicit regulations on whether India can develop ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.