U.S.-Pakistan Nuclear Deal Unlikely, Experts Say

Pakistan is unlikely to receive U.S. civilian nuclear technology cooperation along the lines of Washington’s pending deal with India, experts said last week (see GSN, Jan. 24).

U.S. experts said Friday at a Woodrow Wilson Center conference in Washington that Pakistan’s history of proliferation activities have made it an unlikely candidate for such a deal, the Hindustan Times reported.

Experts also said that Pakistan would oppose the nuclear agreement between the United States and India if Washington stands in the way of other powers that would offer Islamabad a similar deal (Hindustan Times/webindia123.com, Feb. 4).

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