India said today it had received notification from Islamabad that Pakistan intends to conduct a series of missile tests from Saturday to Monday.
"We have no problems with their carrying out tests," Indian foreign ministry spokeswoman Ms Nirupama Rao told reporters.
"The government of India is not particularly impressed by these missile antics, clearly targeted at the domestic audience in Pakistan," she said.
"We have been informed by Pakistan that it plans to carry out a series of missile tests comprising short and medium-range missiles and that appropriate notifications have been issued for these tests," Ms Rao said.
She said the tests were "routine and not central to the current situation". Gen Rashid Quereshi, spokesman for Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf, told the Associated Press in Islamabad he did not know about a missile test notification.
"First time I am hearing of it," he said.
India and Pakistan routinely test their missiles, and notify each other according to an agreement designed to avoid misunderstandings that might lead to an unintended conflict.
Meanwhile India today denied it was giving Pakistan two months to crack down on Islamic militants and New Delhi was running out of patience with its neighbour, European Union External Affairs Commissioner Mr Chris Patten said.
"I think India's patience is close to breaking point," Mr Patten, on a visit to try to ease tensions between the South Asian powers, told reporters.
He said senior officials, including External Affairs Minister Mr Jaswant Singh, denied a report in today's Hindustan Timesdaily that New Delhi had decided to give Pakistan two months to cut back cross-border terrorism before deciding on possible military action in the latest standoff over disputed Kashmir.
India blames Pakistan for attacks by Islamic militants in Jammu and Kashmir, its only Muslim-majority state, and further afield. The nuclear neighbours have massed more than a million men along their border, raising fears of a fourth war.