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Missile control team holds talks in Pakistan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, July 15, IRNA
Pakistan-Missile control
A seven-member delegation of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) held talks on Friday in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here with a Pakistani delegation, officials said.

The meeting was the third between the MTCR and Pakistan since 2003.

The MTCR chairman outlined the working procedures of the MTCR and stated that the 34-member MTCR constitutes an important international arrangement which sets significant non-proliferation standards and contributes to global peace and security, a Foreign Office statement said.

Pakistan's additional secretary in the UN reiterated his country's commitment to the objectives of global non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

He recalled Pakistan's export control on goods, technologies, material and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons under the Delivery Systems Act 2004 and the Control Lists pursuant to the Act promulgated on October 19, 2005 which encompassed the list and scope of export control maintained by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Australia Group (AG) and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).

He also outlined Pakistan's export control implementation and cooperation with a number of countries which included some MTCR partners for the purpose of sharing procedures and best practices in this regard.

The MTCR chairman appreciated Pakistan's non-proliferation commitment and the steps it has taken in this regard.

He recalled that Pakistan's export control legislation and its control lists which, inter alia, incorporated the MTCR export control lists had been circulated at Pakistan's request to all MTCR partners.

He concluded that today's discussions constituted a meaningful and positive basis for further institutionalized interaction.

The MTCR delegation is led by its current chairman, Ambassador Manuel Viturro of Spain, while the Pakistani side is led by Tariq Osman Hyder, additional secretary (UN).

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