Pakistan denies Musharraf said Iran 'anxious' for N-bomb
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, May 29, IRNA
Pakistan-Iran-Nuclear
Pakistani on Sunday denied remarks attributed to President General Pervez Musharraf by a German magazine that Iran was 'anxious' to develop nuclear weapons.
"The president was asked by German magazine whether or not Iran was anxious to develop a nuclear bomb. The president, in response, repeated the question and said 'I don't know'," Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told IRNA.
The clarification came after Iran on Sunday demanded an explanation from Pakistan over reported comments by President Musharraf.
In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel weekly published Saturday, Musharraf was quoted as saying that Iran was 'very anxious to have the bomb'.
"With this explanation and after my statement, the
misunderstanding that has developed as a result of misreporting of the president's remarks should be removed," the Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman said.
He added that some newspapers have 'wrongly interpreted' President Musharraf's statement.
"The president has not made any such remarks, the way it was published in papers," the spokesman insisted.
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