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India joins global regime to control ballistic missile proliferation

Xinhua, June 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

India has joined a voluntary global regime to control proliferation of ballistic missiles, a move it said would not have any impact on its national missile program.

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that the country joined the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against Ballistic Missile Proliferation on Thursday.

"India has joined the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against Ballistic Missile Proliferation by notifying the HCoC Central Contact in Vienna through diplomatic channels," he told the media.

He added: "India's joining the Code signals our readiness to further strengthen global non-proliferation objectives."

Though the move is apparently aimed at winning support for the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, Swarup said that it would not impact the country's missile program.

"Our national security interest will not be impacted in any manner, whatsoever, by joining HCoC," he said in the national capital.

The HCoC is a voluntary, legally non-binding international confidence building and transparency measure that aims at preventing the proliferation of ballistic missiles. Endit