'US has no specific concern about nuclear proliferation from Pakistan'.Byline: ANI Washington, Nov.14 (ANI): The US State Department has said it has no specific concern about nuclear proliferation Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "nuclear weapon States" by the from Pakistan. "We don't have any specific concerns about proliferation per se specifically from Pakistan. We feel confident that the command and control of nuclear weapons in Pakistan secure," The News quoted spokesman Ian Kelly Ian Kelly was an Irish soccer player who played in the League of Ireland during the 1980s. Kelly played for Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland. , as saying. The statement came hours after reports were flashed in the media about China providing weapons-grade uranium, sufficient for making two atomic bombs, to Pakistan in 1982. The transfer of nuclear fuel was 'part of a broad-ranging, secret nuclear deal approved years earlier by Mao Zedong and Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto that culminated in an exceptional, deliberate act of proliferation by a nuclear power,' a US newspaper had reported. The United States maintains that had information about illegal nuke transfers between Pakistan and China, but has never raised the issue in public. The issue is expected to come up for discussion during President Barack Obama's maiden Beijing visit next week. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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