21.  All nuclear states, again India included, need to atone for their actions.

22.  Also diverting attention from that convention have been the efforts by the five declared nuclear states to extend indefinitely the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

23.  And now, all of them, India included do not want any additional nuclear states.

24.  At one point the Russian president mistakenly mentioned Germany and Japan among other nuclear states.

25.  At some point the Russian president mentioned Germany and Japan among other nuclear states, forgetting to name Britain.

26.  Australia said the Regional Forum should condemn the newest nuclear states in a statement at the end of the meeting Monday.

27.  Australian envoy Penelope Anne Wensley also encouraged nuclear states to do their part to promote disarmanent.

28.  At the conference, the nuclear states would prefer a quick vote on indefinite extension.

29.  Both countries demanded entry into the exclusive five-member club of official nuclear states recognized by international arms control regimes.

30.  Both countries then declared themselves nuclear states, generating international fears that a confrontation on the volatile Asian subcontinent could escalate into nuclear war.