India: Unaware of trilateral pact proposal with US,Australia

Amid reports that Australia has given the thumbs up to a proposal for a trilateral security dialogue with India and US,the Ministry of External Affairs MEA on Thursday said India was unaware of any proposal on trilateral pact with US and Australia.

We have seen media reports about the comments attributed to Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on a possible three-way economic and security pact with the US and India. We are not aware of any such proposal, said MEA official spokesperson Vishnu Prakash.

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Rudd on Wednesday had said a trilateral security pact was worth exploring because from little things big things grow. In an interview with the Australian Financial Review newspaper,he said: The response from the Indian government has really been quite positive.