Sunday, May 09, 2010
* PM says Pakistan should be given a Nuclear Supplier Group waiver for civil nuclear energy cooperation
ISLAMABAD: It is time for the world to recognise Pakistan as a dejure nuclear power with equal rights and responsibilities, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion of the testing of two ballistic missiles, the prime minister also demanded that Pakistan be given a Nuclear Supplier Group waiver for civil nuclear energy cooperation, as energy was a vital economic security need of Pakistan and nuclear energy was a clean way forward.
Gilani said Pakistan was capable of providing nuclear fuel cycle services under IAEA safeguards and this offer was also made last month at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
The prime minister gave the assurance that his government would continue to support the strategic programme and would meet all its needs. There is now a need for the world to move on beyond safety and security concerns, he added. He said the concerns were laid to rest at the Nuclear Security Summit where Pakistan forcefully projected its forthright stance on the issue and the world expressed satisfaction at Pakistan’s nuclear security arrangements. app
Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\09\story_9-5-2010_pg1_3
* PM says Pakistan should be given a Nuclear Supplier Group waiver for civil nuclear energy cooperation
ISLAMABAD: It is time for the world to recognise Pakistan as a dejure nuclear power with equal rights and responsibilities, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion of the testing of two ballistic missiles, the prime minister also demanded that Pakistan be given a Nuclear Supplier Group waiver for civil nuclear energy cooperation, as energy was a vital economic security need of Pakistan and nuclear energy was a clean way forward.
Gilani said Pakistan was capable of providing nuclear fuel cycle services under IAEA safeguards and this offer was also made last month at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
The prime minister gave the assurance that his government would continue to support the strategic programme and would meet all its needs. There is now a need for the world to move on beyond safety and security concerns, he added. He said the concerns were laid to rest at the Nuclear Security Summit where Pakistan forcefully projected its forthright stance on the issue and the world expressed satisfaction at Pakistan’s nuclear security arrangements. app
Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\09\story_9-5-2010_pg1_3
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