"No decision has been taken on sending Indian troops to Iraq. It would be taken after considering all aspects," External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha in New Delhi told a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry.

Sinha was responding to questions from Members of Parliament on Washington's request to dispatch a division strength of about 16,000 to 18,000 troops to the war-ravaged country.

(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2003)