U.S. Envoys Cite Region’s Arms Race

Senior U.S. diplomats urged rivals India and Pakistan to exercise restraint in their missile programs to ease regional tension. U.N. envoy Bill Richardson and Assistant Secretary of State Karl Inderfurth had words of praise for India’s new Hindu nationalist-led government during a visit to New Delhi. But both also expressed anxiety about rivalry with Pakistan snowballing into a race for arms superiority. “We are concerned about the nuclear missile competition in the region,” Inderfurth said. India’s foreign secretary said his nation would tread carefully on sensitive security issues.