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US pushes F-16 sale to Pakistan

The Bush administration plans to push ahead with the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Indian concerns over its largest $5.1 billion arms package deal with Islamabad.

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Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

WASHINGTON: The Bush administration plans to push ahead with the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Indian concerns over its largest $5.1 billion arms package deal with Islamabad.

“Our sale is based on what we think are legitimate needs of Pakistan for defensive purposes. And we proceed on that basis, not on the basis of what other people think or don't think about it,” said Richard Boucher, assistant secretary Of state for south and central Asian affairs.

Washington had not heard anything from the Indian government about the F-16 deal, he said. “That's up to the Indian government, if you want to ask them their attitude, go ahead.”

Foreign relations panels of both houses of the US Congress have scheduled hearings this week to review the F-16 sales after the Bush administration expressed readiness to address any Congressional concerns over it.

Unless stopped by the Congress within 30 days, the deal notified by Pentagon June 28 will go ahead.

Hoping that the progress in India-Pakistan relations is not lost after the Mumbai bombings, Boucher said the Bush administration realised that India and Pakistan felt it wasn't possible to have the foreign secretaries meetings this week.

Describing Mumbai bombings as a horrible tragedy, Boucher said there is a lot of speculation about who was behind them, but one needs to be led by the evidence before one starts trying to draw conclusions and make policy pronouncements on it.

“So that will be our attitude, and I think that should be the attitude of others as well.”

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