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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Arms sale to Pak justified as India buys from US

A senior Chinese defense official has justified Beijing's sale
of warships and submarines to Pakistan on the ground that India was buying similar systems from Russia and the United States.

He indicated that China was conscious India might be worried about the sales.

"The initiative may invite concerns from its neighboring countries. But the doubts are unnecessary," Zhai Dequan, deputy director of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, was quoted as saying in the official media.

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