Magazine stands by report

NEW DELHI, NOV. 10. Dismissing the denials by the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, the India today weekly today said it stood by its report on the U.S. having sought a `military alliance' with India and that New Delhi had rejected the proposal.

Reacting to Mr. Singh's comments in Washington terming the report as ``wonderful fiction'', it said in a press release here that the Minister was falling back on `diplomatic nuances' and his interpretation of `military alliance'.

It said the ``new strategic framework'' and ``expanded defence cooperation'' that Mr. Singh ``conceded'' was evolving between India and the U.S were ``euphemisms'' for what was stated in the report.

The magazine wondered how the terms of the ``expanded defence cooperation'' and ``enhanced peacekeeping capabilities'' mentioned by him did not add up to a ``military alliance''.

- PTI

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