UNITED NATIONS (PTI): The draft of a UN arms treaty that would regulate the multi-billion-dollar global arms trade will not harm India's national interests, the US on Friday said, allaying New Delhi's concern over its text.
"While I appreciate the concerns that has been expressed very clearly by India's representative here, my own view is that this treaty will not be harmful to India's security and certainly not in any way harm the very strong bilateral relationship between India and the US," said Tom Countryman, head of the US delegation to the Arms Trade Treaty Conference.
Countryman was responding to questions on the concerns raised by India on the draft text of the treaty, which could not be adopted by the conference in the absence of consensus among its 193 nations; which was considered to be the first step towards regulating the $70 billion global arms trade.
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