The United States has said Pakistan's first cruise missile test was conducted in a way that was not 'provocative', although Islamabad did not give advance information about it to New Delhi.
"You know, it's important to us that actions by states on the subcontinent are done in ways that aren't provocative, in ways that aren't threatening. I think that by all accounts that test met that criteria and I'd leave it at that," US state department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli told reporters reacting to Pakistan's cruise missile test on Thursday.
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Asked how it met that criteria when Islamabad did not inform New Delhi in advance about the missile test, Ereli said: "Well, my understanding was that it was done in a way that was not alarming and was not a surprise. But I'd leave it to the two parties to speak further to that since it involves them directly."
When asked whether the US had any reason to believe that Pakistan had recieved any foreign assistance for this missile, and perhaps from the China, Ereli said: "Nothing that I have to share with you on that score."