De-linking Pakistan from the proposed grant of exceptions to India for transfer of nuclear technology by the US and the Nuclear Suppliers Group would be "detrimental to strategic stability in the region", Pakistan's Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Ehsanul Haq said.
He said that the nuclear non-proliferation regime should address the 'legality versus reality' issue of nuclear weapons in Pakistan and India in a non-discriminatory manner.
Gen. Haq said this while addressing a seminar on 'New security prospects' in Islamabad yesterday. The seminar was organized jointly by the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London.
Islamabad, Nov. 23 -- De-linking Pakistan from the proposed grant of exceptions to India for transfer of nuclear technology by the US and the Nuclear Suppliers Group would be "detrimental to strategic stability in the region", Pakistan's Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Ehsanul Haq said.
He said that the nuclear non-proliferation regime should address the 'legality versus reality' issue of nuclear weapons in Pakistan and India in a non-discriminatory manner.
Gen. Haq said this while addressing a seminar on 'New security prospects' in Islamabad yesterday. The seminar was organized jointly by the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London.
"While nuclear weapons pose the threat of global annihilation, it is conventional weapons which continue to be used in scores of conflicts," the Dawn quoted him as saying.
Gen Ehsan quoted US security analyst Zbigniew Brzezinski as saying that the US decision to assist India's nuclear programme was driven largely by its desire to win India's support for the war in Iraq and as a hedge against China. The decision made the US look like "a selective promoter of nuclear weapons proliferation", he said and added that the US "double standard will complicate the quest for a constructive resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem".
He further stated that this situation called for efforts against the creation of serious arms imbalances in sensitive regions, including South Asia.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rahul Roy Chaudhry, who represented India, said that the future of Kashmir has assumed centre stage, but the process "appears to be slowing down". He called for reconciling differences in approaches to the peace process and to the proposed solutions.
