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New Delhi, Oct 9
The nuclear test by North Korea will have "serious" implications for India, former diplomats feel, with one of them blaming the US and its western allies for adopting "very soft" approach towards the clandestine axis of atomic cooperation between Pakistan, China and North Korea.
"On the basis of information available so far, it (North Korea's test) seems to be like Pakistan's nuclear capability which is based on clandestine procurement of nuclear technology," former Foreign Secretary Shashank said when contacted by .
Shashank said this will have implications for India, which must take up the issue with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ask it to ascertain how this clandestine programme materialised and whether it was with the help of the A Q Khan network emanating from Pakistan for blackmarket of nuclear technology.
Former Indian Ambassador to Washington Naresh Chandra regretted that the US and other western powers did not seriously take note of the trade-off between Pakistan providing Pyongyang nuclear technology in return for ballistic missiles from North Korea.
He said all this has happened because the US and its western allies had taken a very soft and casual approach to the clandestine link among China, Pakistan and North Korea on nuclear proliferation.
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