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Union cabinet minister Jaswant Singh on foreign policy speaks on foreign policy. He says "As we approach 1999 and as I have this new responsibility. I take this opportunity to reiterate continuity in Indian foreign policy, a multilingual, multi-ethnic, secular and democratic country. The civilizational continuity like India, the large non-resident Indian community can have only one kind of foreign policy and that is outward -looking." The decision on the voluntary moratorium on any further tests was not taken any external pressure. It was decision that was announced by the Indian Prime minister but after full satisfaction on the results of the five tests was confirmed by the scientific community and the DRDO that using the database-generated. India can maintain the credibility of its nu