Pakistani, Nuclear Suppliers Group Officials Meet

Pakistani officials had their first meeting with international experts from the Nuclear Suppliers Group today, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, April 8).

Islamabad has said it wants to join the 44-nation organization that prepares guidelines for exports of nuclear and nuclear-related materials.

More talks could be held tomorrow, officials said.

As Pakistan is not a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, it would face major barriers to joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group, according to AFP.

“This is the first meeting and exploratory in nature. Questions like seeking the membership of the group would come later,” said Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani (Agence France-Presse/TurkishPress.com, April 11).

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