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Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri warned Wednesday in Dhaka that the sale of ultramodern and strategic weaponry by means of Israel to India would disturb the balance of power in toward the south Asia.

Commenting upon Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's talks in India earlier this week, Kasuri told reporters that it should be assessed whether India and Israel aim to change the strategic balance in southern Asia.

''If they are up to that cessation it will not be useful either for India or for Pakistan because, in the ultimate analysis, the poor population of both the countries will pay,'' he said after his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan in the afternoon.

''And to that length I think, it is most numerous unfortunate.''

Asked if Pakistan felt threatened to be paid to enhanced political and military cooperation between archrival India and Israel between the sides of Sharon's visit, he said, ''We are in a position to maintain ourselves.''

''We don't have any aggressive intention against any native land but we've taken all possible precautions in all fields to vindicate every inch of our country'' he said.

Kasuri arrived in Dhaka upon Tuesday on a three-day visit, mainly to hand above an official invitation to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to attend the 12th summit of the southern Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad in January.

The Pakistani foreign minister also met Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at her office and exchanged views forward bilateral and regional issues.

During the meeting, Kasuri formally invited Zia to the SAARC summit.

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