Posted on 03/02/2006 6:21:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
Pakistan on Thursday said it had no objection to the Indo-US nuclear deal but would seek a similar arrangement from Washington when President George W Bush arrives in Islamabad on Saturday.
"We have no objection. This is a deal between India and the United States," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters here reacting to the Indo-US agreement on the civilian nuclear energy cooperation.
He, however, said President Pervez Musharraf would take up the matter with Bush when the US leader arrives here after his visit to India and seek a similar arrangement for Pakistan as well.
Pakistan Foreign Office, meanwhile, said the government was examining details of the Indo-US deal but at the same time was ready to accept all "appropriate safeguards" if it gets same treatment from Washington.
"The agreement represents an important relaxation of the NSG's (Nuclear Suppliers Group's) existing guidelines and transfer of civilian nuclear technology from NSG members to non-NPT States," it said in a statement.
"Pakistan has the same claim and expectation for international cooperation under safeguards for nuclear power generation, especially because Pakistan is a fossil fuel deficit country and has a significant and fully safeguarded nuclear power generation programme," it said.
Musharraf has a point. Perhaps Pakistan would be willing to make a deal of some kind. What do they have to trade?
OBL perhaps...
Hmm. That ought to be worth a couple points.
HAHAHAHHAHA.SNORT...HAHAHAHAHA...SNORT...Yeah, over America's dead country will Pakistan get any type of deal we gave India. GET REAL.
Me too! Me too! Please sir, me too!
1st - Close all their madrassa's.
2nd - Renounce islam for the lie that has imprisoned all of its followers.
3rd - Bring back to life the US Diplomat that was murdered in his country today.
You get the message, right?
We'll be more than happy to make a deal, just as soon as Pakistan is terrorist free. Pakinstan is making significant headway, but they're not quite there yet. Just a few more to clear out, including OBL and Zawaheri.
Agree. Given the recent car-bombing of our diplomat there, I'd say Pakistan's negotiating position is significantly weaker than it was 48 hours ago.
The only deal we should make with Pakistan is to put electronic tags on their nukes in return for not laughing at their request.
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