Non Recognition Of India As Nuclear States Would Make No Difference To India
A nuclear capable ballistic missile supplied by China to Pakistan
Till date Britain has not recognized the Declaration of American Independence of 1776. Has it made any difference to the existence of United States of America ? Similarly has Portugal accepted the remerge of Goa into the Indian Union ? No but it is very much a State of India.
So India possess nuclear weapons and along with a few other countries they are not parties to the highly discriminatory Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) enacted by a few of the Countries who became nuclear powers much before India.
Now Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov said on Wednesday that recognising India and Pakistan as nuclear states would be catastrophic for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This is simply a nonsensical statement. Rather not recognizing India as a established nuclear power is catastrophic for the so called Treaty.
“The world is developing swiftly, technologies, including those in the nuclear field, are becoming available to more states. The fact that India, Pakistan, and Israel possess nuclear weapons doesn’t help strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty. There is no way of discussing the possibility of Indian and Pakistan joining the treaty as nuclear states. Such recognition would be catastrophic for the treaty itself”, Yermakov said.
While experiencing years of tense relations, both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons without being parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
In 1988, the two countries signed an agreement on the exchange of the list of their nuclear facilities. The agreement went into force in 1991 and since then, Pakistan and India inform each other of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the deal annually.
Last year, when relations between the two south Asian countries reached its lowest point, leaders from Pakistan threatened India with a nuclear attack while Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also announced his country might consider changing its nuclear weapons doctrine by doing away with a “no first use policy” in the future.
Yes if any of the other nuclear powers keep insisting that they have the right to “first strike “ then India too will do away with “ No first Use policy “. There is no point pretending otherwise, it will help nobody.
