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| Pak to join global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism | | | ISLAMABAD, JUNE 10
Pakistan is set to participate in a global initiative announced by the US and Russia to combat nuclear terrorism, but keeping its military nuclear programme outside its ambit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
"While joining the initiative, Pakistan has declared that the Global Initiative does not cover Pakistan's military nuclear facilities or activities," Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said in a statement yesterday.
The global initiative, which was jointly announced by the US and Russia at the July 2006 G-8 Summit in St Petersburg, aims at developing international cooperation to combat nuclear terrorism.
Pakistan has been invited to attend the next meeting of the Global Initiative, which will be held in Kazakhstan from 11-12 June 2007.
"It may be pointed out that as a responsible nuclear weapon state, Pakistan has put in place legislative, regulatory and administrative infrastructure to prevent and combat any possible acts of terrorism involving nuclear and radiological materials and facilities," the statement said.
"Pakistan's participation in the global initiative is a manifestation of the fact that nuclear security and export control measures in Pakistan are at par with latest international standards, and recognition of the important role being played by Pakistan as a partner in global efforts against nuclear proliferation and possible nuclear terrorism," it said.
Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan confessed in 2004 about his vast proliferation network that leaked nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya.
President Pervez Musharraf has pardoned Khan, calling him a national hero.
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