France Offers Pakistan Nuclear Energy Help

France Offers Pakistan Nuclear Energy Help
Agence France-Presse
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Editor's Note: There have been conflicting reports on what exactly the deal reached by France and Pakistan entails. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi insisted that "France has agreed to transfer civilian nuclear technology to Pakistan" along the lines of the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement, while a spokesperson for French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that France had agreed only to "cooperate with Pakistan in the field of nuclear safety." The kind of nuclear cooperation that Pakistan wants is not possible without another exception to Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) rules.

France and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate in the nuclear field, officials said Friday, with Islamabad claiming an important breakthrough in its bid to be seen as a responsible nuclear power.

* French Nuclear 'Offer'
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