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NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - India, a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, said on Wednesday it strongly opposed military action against Iraq.

Ties between India and the United States have warmed in recent years, but New Delhi said it could not accept the use of force on any nation.

"We are very clear that there should be no armed action against any country, more particularly with the avowed purpose of changing a regime," External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha told reporters this week.

A foreign ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday there was no change in India's stand on Iraq.

"There is a consistency in our policy, and it is not going to change in the next few days or weeks," he said. India is home to one of the world's largest Muslim populations.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday laid out the case for pre-emptive action against Iraq, warning of the danger of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists.

"The risk of inaction is far greater than the risk of action," he said. 

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