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India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be taking a more flexible line on nuclear weapons since it formed a coalition government with a number of smaller regional parties. Before it won the parliamentary election on Mar 3, 1998, the BJP had made a commitment to developing ballistic missiles. The change of government in India has prompted Pakistan to indicate that it is ready to match any development in India. Both countries are developing short- and medium-range ballistic missiles able to carry nuclear warheads.
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The US imposed missile proliferation-related sanctions on Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories and North Korea-based Chang-gwang Sinyong Corp for Pakistan's Ghauri missile test on Apr 6, 1998. The Ghauri missile test is perceived as Pakistan's warning to India for its attempts to change the strategic status quo. However, Pakistan claims that the test was not motivated by political issues and was not intended to damage its relations with India.
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India and Pakistan have agreed to a range of security measures embodied in the Lahore Declaration, in moves to reduce the risks of a nuclear exchange. Such confidence-building measures have been adopted before, but the new arrangements may be more effective in promoting trust. A Memorandum of Understanding focused on measures to improve nuclear security, and remaining technical details will be resolved in bilateral agreements by mid-1999.
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