Pak wants equal opportunities for access to nuclear technology
Pakistan on Monday said there needs to be a "level playing field" in access to nuclear technology without "discrimination", in an apparent reference to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
By PTI |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday said there needs to be a "level playing field" in access to nuclear technology without "discrimination", in an apparent reference to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
The US has repeatedly ruled out a similar deal with Pakistan.
Expressing Pakistan's determination to meet its energy requirements through all available means including nuclear energy, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz sought equal opportunities for all countries for the transfer of civil nuclear energy and said that installation of more nuclear reactors is underway in the country.
He was inaugurating a two-day international conference "Energy: Sources of Regional Cooperation and Competition" in Islamabad.
Scholars from India, Iran, Bangladesh, Japan, Argentina, Germany, France, Indonesia, China, Singapore, US, Sudan and Pakistan will present their papers on energy during the conference.
Aziz also praised the International Atomic Energy Agency for its role in monitoring nuclear energy technology in the world, saying it was doing "a fine job".
He said every country has the right to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the appropriate safeguards. "There is a need for a level playing field for all countries to have access to nuclear technology without any discrimination," the prime minister said.
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