41.  In June, however, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao said India would keep its nuclear options open.

42.  India will keep its nuclear option open until it is convinced that all countries have phased out nuclear weapons, an annual defence ministry report Wednesday said.

43.  Israel is ready to renounce its nuclear option if a comprehensive Middle East peace deal can be concluded, Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Friday.

44.  India has said in the past it would keep the nuclear option open since one of its immediate neighbours, China, has nuclear weapons.

45.  But in June, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao said India would keep its nuclear option open.

46.  It is not clear from the tapes how serious Nixon was about resorting to the nuclear option.

47.  Referring to statements from Indian leaders on exercising the nuclear option, the spokesman said Pakistan was also sensitive to the fact that missiles were being tested by India.

48.  Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on Saturday rejected opposition calls that India develop a nuclear bomb, but said the country would keep its nuclear options open.

49.  Some in parliament fear that losing the nuclear option strips Ukraine of its strongest card and others have used the issue to try to force western aid.