Indo-US N-Deal Threat To Regional Stability: Pak

Published: August 2, 2007, 12:17 pm

Pakistan on Thursday cautioned that a civilian nuclear agreement between India and the United States will threaten regional stability, saying it will allow New Delhi to produce more atomic bombs. Islamabad also said the strategic stability in South Asia and the global non-proliferation regime would have been better served if the US had considered a package approach' for Pakistan and India to prevent a nuclear arms race in the region. The caution by Pakistan came at a meeting of the National Command Authority presided by President Pervez Musharraf [Images]. The Indo-US deal was among the issues discussed by the NCA, which is a committee of top military and government officials and scientists that controls Pakistan's nuclear and missile programme. The NCA noted that the US-India nuclear agreement will have implications on strategic stability as it will enable India to produce significant quantities

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