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India’s anger at Pakistan’s production of nuclear technology

India to fight Pak agenda at disarmament conference,  The Times of India,  Sachin Parashar, TNN, Apr 16, 2010, NEW DELHI: With the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon desperately seeking to revive the Conference on Disarmament (CD) by calling for a meet on fissile material cut-off in September, India is preparing for a showdown with Pakistan which has singlehandedly managed to block any forward movement in CD citing its security concerns vis-a-vis India.
The 65-nation UN-backed CD, which moves on consensus, has been reduced to being moribund but with Ban Ki-Moon urging the Geneva-based forum to initiate discussions on putting an end to production of fissile material, Pakistan is likely to be come under renewed international pressure.
….. At the just-concluded nuclear summit in Washington, Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out Pakistan stopping production of fissile material saying that it needed minimum deterrence. Apart from Pakistan, its close ally China too has acted as a stumbling block for CD by insisting on simultaneous negotiations to prevent an arms race in outer space. India to fight Pak agenda at disarmament conference – India – The Times of India

April 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, politics international | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons