`India and Pakistan have upset balance of nuclear deterrence`

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 10 (PTI) The manner in which India and
Pakistan have pursued atomic weapons has "upset the balance of
nuclear deterrence", Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Saturday said, asserting the US is working hard with both
countries to try to limit their number of nuclear stockpiles.
"There are three pillars to the Non-Proliferation
Treaty. One is disarmament, one is nonproliferation, and one
is the peaceful use of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of
nuclear energy for civil nuclear purposes," Clinton said in
her speech on nuclear non-proliferation at the University of
Louisville.
"So the United States will continue to demonstrate its
willingness, in concert with Russia, because we have so many
more weapons than any of the other countries -- you know, by a
very, very big margin," she said in her speech on 'No Greater
Danger: Protecting our nation and allies from nuclear
terrorism and nuclear proliferation', in Kentucky.
"Other countries that have pursued nuclear weapons --
like India and Pakistan, for example -- have done so in a way
that has upset the balance of nuclear deterrence," Clinton
said.
"And that's why we're working with both countries very
hard to try to make sure that their nuclear stockpiles are,
you know, well tended to, and that they participate with us in
trying to limit the number of nuclear weapons. And both of
them will be in Washington next week," she said.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would represent
India at the Nuclear Security Summit next week convened by US
President Barack Obama, which is being attended by more than
40 world leaders including Pakistani Premier Syed Yusuf Raza
Gilani. PTI