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No change in India's nuclear doctrine: MEA

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

There has been no change in India's nuclear doctrine, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday.

Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said India is committed to maintaining credible minimum deterrence and the policy of no-first use of nuclear weapons.

"There has been no change in India's nuclear doctrine," he said.

India has a declared nuclear no-first-use policy under which a country cannot use nuclear weapons as a means of warfare unless first attacked by nuclear weapons.

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First Published: Mar 04 2020 | 4:06 PM IST

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