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Asked whether the Vajpayee Government would boycott the equipment it has been purchasing from the U.S. in the wake of the war on Iraq, he said without the use of Weapon Locating Radars, it would not be possible to protect Indian soldiers from suffering losses. "If we boycott them, it will not be in the interest of our national security. We will be asking our soldiers to fight it out in the open," he told Zee TV in an interview. Mr. Fernandes said that sometimes, on a particular issue, circumstances develop between two countries in such a way that one had to put principles and ideologies in the backburner. He said the whole world had accepted that the war against Iraq was a unilateral action by the U.S. which, in a way, rendered the United Nations meaningless and there was pain in everyone's heart with regard to the future of the U.N. Asked about the role of the NDA Government, he said India was prepared to extend cooperation to Iraq in providing relief to the war-hit people, especially children. "The Government is prepared to offer its assistance the moment such a request is received." PTI
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