France ready to provide nuclear security assistance to Pakistan
PLA Daily 2004-02-03
PARIS, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- France is ready to provide technical support in the field of nuclear security to Pakistan, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman announced Monday.
"The measures taken by Pakistan in the past weeks go in the right direction," said the spokesman, referring to promises of "heavy sanctions" by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to punishthe scientists who allegedly sold nuclear secrets to Teheran, Tripoli and Pyongyang.
"France wishes that Pakistan could reinforce its control over the sensible material, equipment and technology particularly when eventual exportations are concerned," said the spokesman.
Pakistan launched its investigation more than two months ago after the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, found evidence pointing to Pakistani involvement in Iran's nuclear program.
The country's top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan was sacked as adviser to the prime minister on Saturday and is the main suspect in the investigation.
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