Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Israel's Uzi Arad on a "hush-hush" visit to India

In the Times of India/ here
"India's close cooperation with Israel in dealing with terror received further impetus on Monday when Israel's NSA Uzi Arad visited India and held talks with his counterpart M K Narayanan. Arad was accompanied by a delegation comprising experts on counter-terror measures on the visit, which was kept under wraps for obvious reasons.
Some of the "key issues" discussed included Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, Iran and the threat to Israel nationals in India......

Arad, who is also the chairman of the Israeli National Security Council, spoke about the threat of Pakistan's nuclear weapons falling into the hands of jehadi forces. In fact, Pakistan formed the core of the discussions as the two sides expressed concern about the terror groups operating out of the country. The situation emerging in the Afghanistan war was also discussed. Arad is said to have conveyed to
India that one of Israel's main concerns now was to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The two sides also discussed weapons to be acquired by India from Israel including the need for purchasing equipment essential to ensure security at airports....."

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