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Pakistan rejects US help in safeguarding N-material

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Feb 8, IRNA -- Pakistan on Sunday contradicted a news item 
appearing in a section of the press quoting some US officials that 
United States has held discussion with Pakistan officials on the need 
for Pakistan to safeguard its technology and its nuclear material. 
A spokesman of the Inter-Services public relations terming the 
news as totally baseless said, "Pakistan is a responsible nuclear 
state and is fully capable of defending its assets without any outside
help." 
The NBC Television reported that since the September 11 attacks on
the US, American nuclear experts grouped as the `US Liaison Committee`
have spent millions of dollars to safeguard more than 40 weapons in 
Pakistan`s nuclear arsenal. 
"Meeting every two months, they are helping Pakistan develop 
state-of-the-art security, including secret authorization codes for 
the arsenal," the network reported. 
The Pakistani spokesman said that National Command Authority which
was established in February 2000 have shown its complete confidences 
in the command and control system put in place. 
TK/TSH/AH/210 
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