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Pakis disturbed by Indo-Israeli defence Co-operati
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Apparently perturbed by increasing Indo-Israeli defence cooperation and a possible sale of Phalcon spy plane to new Delhi, Pakistan has asked the Jewish state not to get involved in South Asia.
Senior Pakistani officials conveyed this message to a high-ranking Israeli official in Paris last week, Hebrew daily Mafariv reported quoting sources in Jerusalem.
"Don't become involved in our region so that we are not dragged into doing something similar in your region," the paper quoted the officials as saying.
Israeli Defence sources said security cooperation between New Delhi and Tel Aviv was not targeted at any country. Allaying fears that the sale of Phalcon AWACs system could disturb the balance in South Asia, the sources said "at the end of the day it's a Defence system which cannot change the balance in the region."
Defence partnerships between New Delhi and Tel Aviv has raised concern among few Arab countries in the past.
During an international conference on missiles in Paris last week, a Pakistani official expressed similar concern about possible Israeli sales of Phalcon airborne warning and control systems system and arrow anti-ballistic missile Defence systems to new Delhi.
"We are deeply concerned that there are sales of anti-ballistic missile Defence systems and advanced airborne early warning abilities which ignore the need of stability in our region", he said.
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