Borders safer, ties with neighbours

In his speech, Antony pointed out that North Korea8217;s nuclear test had brought back the issue of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction into focus.

The defence minister added that the consequent accentuation of geo-political fault-lines had severe security ramifications for the region in general, for the South-East Asian states in particular.

On the Indo-US nuclear deal, Anthony said: 8220;Our credentials on nuclear non-proliferation have been acknowledged by one and all. The initiatives by world powers to accommodate them within the global non-proliferation framework testify to this. India has always been fully committed to8230;complete elimination of nuclear weapons from the world.8221;