Proliferation champ wants matching deal
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Thursday his country is keen to have a deal similar to the India-US nuclear accord.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Thursday his country is keen to have a deal similar to the India-US nuclear accord. Mr Gilani���s remarks came a day after the US senate approved a deal to end the three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India.
���Pakistan will now make efforts for a civil nuclear deal and they (the world community) will have to accommodate us,��� reports quoting Mr Gilani from Pakistan���s Multan said. ���Now that the civil nuclear deal with India has been finalised, Pakistan will have the right to ask for a similar deal because we don���t want any discrimination,��� he said.
The prime minister, who stressed on the ���unique relationship��� between Beijing and Islamabad, said it was a time-tested and all-weather friendship. ���Soon President Asif Ali Zardari and myself will be visiting China.
Our cooperation is not limited to any one field. It is not only government-to- government friendship, it is people-to-people friendship with China. Our cooperation in defence will increase,��� he said.
Commenting on Pakistan���s relations with its immediate neighbours, India and Afghanistan, Mr Gilani said: ���We should have a joint strategy to bring prosperity and progress to this region and to provide security to the people. Pakistan is holding talks with India to resolve outstanding issues and there have been several meetings between the top leaders of the two countries.���
Mr Gilani said the outcome of the US elections would not affect Pakistan���s stature as a key ally in the war on terror. ���Whoever comes to power in the US will be needing Pakistan (for the war against terror),��� he said.
���Pakistan will now make efforts for a civil nuclear deal and they (the world community) will have to accommodate us,��� reports quoting Mr Gilani from Pakistan���s Multan said. ���Now that the civil nuclear deal with India has been finalised, Pakistan will have the right to ask for a similar deal because we don���t want any discrimination,��� he said.
The prime minister, who stressed on the ���unique relationship��� between Beijing and Islamabad, said it was a time-tested and all-weather friendship. ���Soon President Asif Ali Zardari and myself will be visiting China.
Our cooperation is not limited to any one field. It is not only government-to- government friendship, it is people-to-people friendship with China. Our cooperation in defence will increase,��� he said.
Commenting on Pakistan���s relations with its immediate neighbours, India and Afghanistan, Mr Gilani said: ���We should have a joint strategy to bring prosperity and progress to this region and to provide security to the people. Pakistan is holding talks with India to resolve outstanding issues and there have been several meetings between the top leaders of the two countries.���
Mr Gilani said the outcome of the US elections would not affect Pakistan���s stature as a key ally in the war on terror. ���Whoever comes to power in the US will be needing Pakistan (for the war against terror),��� he said.
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