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Viewing cable 09NEWDELHI117, INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09NEWDELHI117 2009-01-20 12:15 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy New Delhi 
VZCZCXRO0616
OO RUEHAST RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHLH RUEHNEH RUEHPW RUEHSK
DE RUEHNE #0117 0201215
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 201215Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5110
INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVE
RUCNNSG/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 1717
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 7514
 
UNCLAS NEW DELHI 000117 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN IN
SUBJECT: INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS 
 
REF: SECSTATE 02508 
 
1. (SBU) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary 
(Americas) Gaitri Kumar told PolCouns January 16 that while 
India's policy was not to comment officially about the 
nonproliferation sanctions applied to the A.Q. Khan 
proliferation network January 12, India nevertheless viewed 
them as positive.  Kumar shared that public comments by 
Indian officials in support of the sanctions might undermine 
Pakistan's willingness to cooperate with the U.S. in their 
application, as well as complicate India's delicate diplomacy 
with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist 
attacks in November of last year. 
 
2. (SBU) Local media likewise viewed the sanctions through 
the lens of India's post-Mumbai tensions with Pakistan.  The 
Indian Express judged them to be "a strong diplomatic signal 
to Pakistan."  The paper drew lessons from Pakistan's 
lackluster investigation of the Khan network and Khan's 
short-lived house arrest to justify India's skepticism toward 
Pakistan's promises to credibly investigate and forcefully 
prosecute the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. 
 
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