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Pakistan demands rights to nuclear power after India deal is sealed – Telegraph

Pakistan demands rights to nuclear power after India deal is sealedPakistan has demanded access to international nuclear technology to power its energy-starved economy after a landmark agreement between India and America gained Congressional approval.

Telegraph.co.uk by Damien McElroy and Rahul Bedi in New Dehli
02 Oct 2008

By testing nuclear weapons in defiance of non-proliferation treaties, the sub-continental neighbours were atomic pariahs until India struck a safeguard agreement with the international community. In a move predicted by critics of the deal, Pakistan is now demanding its own exemptions.

“Now Pakistan also has the right to demand a civilian nuclear agreement with America,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told reporters. “We want there to be no discrimination. Pakistan will also strive for a nuclear deal and we think they will have to accommodate us.”

The US-India pact enables nuclear-related exports from the West to a market forecast to exceed £15 billion by 2025. France has already emerged as a leading beneficiary after signing a separate agreement that paves the way for it to sell advanced electricity reactors to India. Once it relaxes its ban on exports to India, Australia is expected to emerge as a leading supplier of uranium to the country.

Pakistan demands rights to nuclear power after India deal is sealed – Telegraph

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