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Agni test: Pakistan not concerned

ISLAMABAD, JULY 5. Pakistan has said it was not concerned about India testing the nuclear capable Agni A-I missile as the nuclear and missile capabilities of both the nations are a ``stabilising'' factor.

``We are not concerned about these tests because we conduct our tests periodically, the purpose of which is to validate the technical parameters of the missiles we have. India is doing a similar exercise,'' the Foreign Office spokesman, Masood Khan, told reporters. — PTI

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