India’s stance

India  will adopt a wait and watch attitude and will be closely planning the reactions of North Korea’s near neighbours, especially China ,Russia,Japn and South Korea as well as the statements emanating from Washington.On the most ticklish issue of them all – Pyongyan walking out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT)to become a nuclear weapons state – India has expressed its hope of a nuclear weapons free Korean Peninsula.India this year was offered access to North Korea’s countryside when its countryside when its contribution to the World Food Programme was distributed among the people.With Pyongyang signalling confidence in India by allowing its diplomats to see the conditions first hand,India is likely to wait for North Korea;s well-wishers in the neighbourhood before clearly stating its stand under a new leader.