ISLAMABAD (PTI): Pakistan had acquired some technical capability in the nuclear field but it would not use it for the development of nuclear weapons, Islamabad has told Japan, according to a foreign office spokesman.
“In the course of normal development of its peaceful nuclear program, Pakistan had acquired some technical capability and that the Pakistan had taken a solemn decision at the highest political level to use this capability for peaceful purposes only,” a senior Pakistani official told a Japanese delegation during talks on Thursday on nuclear proliferation issue, the spokesman said.
Briefing the press on the talk’s Pakistani secretary general, foreign affairs, Zaki had with Japanese ambassador for arms control and disarmament, Donowaki on Feb.11 on nuclear proliferation issue, the spokesman said.
Briefing the press on the talks Pakistani Secretary general, foreign affairs, Zaki had with Japanese ambassador for arms control and disarmament, Donowaki on Thursday, the spokesman said the Japanese delegation was told at length about Islamabad’s perceptions of the Security situation in south Asia.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 19, 1993
