Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.

We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.