22 Mar 2004

Pakistan As Major Non-NATO Ally of US
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
[Excerpt: "1. During his visit to Islamabad last week, Gen.Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, announced the decision of the Bush Administration to designate Pakistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) of the US. The decision would become effective 30 days after a notification in this regard has been sent by the President to the Congress. 2. A decision to grant this status to Thailand was announced by President Bush on October 19, 2003, during a visit to Thailand. Even before his announcement, the required notification had been sent to the Congress jointly by the US Departments of State and Defence. It became effective from October-end. 3. The US Embassy in Bangkok had issued a Fact Sheet explaining what the MNNA status meant. The following is the text of the Fact Sheet: ..." - b. raman.]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers10/paper958.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
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