New Delhi, June 19: India today ruled out any immediate dispatch of troops to form part of stablisation force in Iraq as several key questions raised with US on command and control, logistics and UN involvement remained unanswered, Defence Minister George Fernandes said. "Though talks have been held with officials from Pentagon and state department, these key clarifications have remained unanswered by Washington", Fernandes told newsmen on the sidelines of a book release function here.

Asserting that there could be no decision on sending troops to Iraq till New Delhi got answered to all its clarifications, Fernandes said the government would debate all pros and cons before making any final commitment.

Asked about the reported opposition to Indian troop deployment voiced by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his meeting with External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha, the defence minister said all these questions would be debated before the government took any final decision on deployment.

Bureau Report