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Article: S. Asia Shouldn't Waste Money on Arms Race: Hasina
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 4, 1998
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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said countries
of poverty-stricken South Asia "should not waste money in an arms
race creating a tense situation in the region", according to press
reports Thursday.
"We don't believe in arms race, we want peace... We are deeply
concerned over the situation created in the region," she said while
addressing army officers Wednesday at Bandarban Cantonment, about
260
kilometers southeast of here.
The recent nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan had
created anxiety in Bangladesh because of her geographical location,
she told the army officers.
She asked members of the armed forces to remain ...