After India gets US support on NSG, Pak gets desperate to enter club
Washington,
June
9:
In
the
wake
of
the
US
backing
India
on
its
bid
to
enter
the
Nuclear
Suppliers
Group
(NSG),
Pakistan
has
formally
asked
Washington
and
the
US
Congress
to
support
its
bid
too,
said
a
report
published
in
Dawn
newspaper.
Modi
in
US
On Tuesday (June 7), US President Barack Obama formally endorsed India's application to join the 48-nation cartel which oversees global trade in civilian nuclear materials and it had expected repercussions on Pakistan's political and foreign office establishment.
Islamabad submitted a formal application in Vienna in May, expressing its willingness to join the group. But none of the US administration and Congress are ready to cater to the former's wish, said the article in Dawn.
In a letter to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Pakistan's Ambassador to US Jalil Abbas Jilani said that his country has taken a series of steps that make it qualified to join the NSG.
"Pakistan's
desire
to
participate
in
the
NSG
stands
on
solid
grounds
of
technical
experience,
capability
and
well-established
commitment
to
nuclear
safety,"
the
ambassador
wrote,
as
per
the
Dawn
report.
"Pakistan
has
operated
secure
and
safeguarded
nuclear
power
plants
for
over
42
years.
Safe
and
sustainable
civil
nuclear
energy
is
essential
for
Pakistan's
future
energy
security
and
its
economic
development,"
he
added,
said
the
report.
Pakistan has also warned the NSG that India's inclusion in the body would adversely affect the strategic stability in South Asia.
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