5. WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?
The British Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills, had recently reported that Israel sold, over the
past five years, military and security equipment for four
Arab countries in addition to India’s Arc Rival - Pakistan.
The department oversees all military and security
exports, and publishes regular reports related to requests
for arms purchases, its reports include all approved and
denied permits for purchasing weapons, military
equipment and civilian items that could be used for
security and military operations.
The department listed countries that Israel requested
permits to export weapons to, including Muslim
countries that do not have diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv.
9. ISRAEL DENIED THIS REPORT
Israel has emphatically denied allowing the sale of
any Israeli-made weapons technology to Pakistan,
the arch foe of its long-term ally India.
The Israeli ministry of defense responded promptly
to initial reports of the alleged sale:
"Israel has a strategic relationship with India, the
strongest democracy in the world – which, like
Israel, deals with terrorist threats and serves as a
major anchor in global international relations. The
State of Israel does nothing that could compromise
its excellent relations with India,"
11. EVEN PAKISTAN DENIED!
Even Pakistan denied the report as “baseless &
misleading”
The Pakistani Inter Services Public Relations
department issued a statement saying that it,
“categorically denied a news report which appeared
in a section of media stating that Pakistan
purchased any defense equipment from Israel. The
report is misleading and not based on facts.”
15. POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS
Though Indian Government refrained from issuing any
official statement as the report is about weapons deal between
two Independent & Sovereign nations, it ‘may’ have an impact
on strategic relations between India & Israel.
But, over the years, Indian & Israeli relationship has come to
such an extent that these sort of reports will hardly have ‘any
considerable’ impact on the bilateral ties, though if true, it will
certainly upset Indian leadership.
Also, if true, it can have huge impact on Pakistan as it hasn’t
recognized Israel yet, also, there is vast anti-Israeli population
in Pakistan which may alter the power equation in Pakistan.
Having said all this, it all depends if the published
report is true, till than things will remain in a
Status-quo.
