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Pakistan will get civil N-tech at any cost

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Sept 21, IRNA
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Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Wednesday that Pakistan, a recognized nuclear power, would get civil nuclear technology at any cost, and developed nations hesitation in transferring the technology to the country was incomprehensible.

According to the Pakistani newspaper Daily Times, Kasuri said that Pakistan should not be treated with discrimination at the Nuclear Supplier Group's foreign ministers' meeting in Vienna.

He said that Pakistan had the resources and the infrastructure required for the technology.

He said that Pakistan was a declared nuclear power, and the country could acquire civil nuclear technology from anywhere.

Pakistan needed the technology and it would not be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, he said, adding that Pakistan would not allow the technology to fall into wrong hands.

Kasuri said that 65,000 engineers, scientists and technicians were working on Pakistan's nuclear program.

He said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf's meetings with heads of other states were aimed at telling them about Pakistan's economic growth, and the challenges it was facing.

The president had met Jordan's King Abdullah and the presidents of Finland and Congo, he said.

At the meeting with King Abdullah, both leaders discussed regional and international issues, including the peace process in the Middle East.

He said that both leaders had agreed on the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.

Kasuri said Musharraf had discussed the situation in Afghanistan with the president of Finland, also president of the European Union, who had thanked the Pakistani president for helping the EU and NATO in Afghanistan.

He said that at a meeting with the president of the African Union, Musharraf highlighted the importance of improving relations with African countries, and said Pakistan would establish embassies in Africa.

Kasuri said that foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Australia and Britain had been invited to visit Pakistan.

Replying to a question, the foreign minister said that Musharraf had great support for his plans to resolve the Kashmir issue.

The Indian prime minister had acknowledged that his meeting with the Pakistani president had been a success, he added.

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