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Expert for civil-nuclear agreement between France, Pakistan
By Our Correspondent
Published: September 21, 2015
Dr Pascal Boniface
ISLAMABAD: Director of premier French think tank, the Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, Dr Pascal Boniface, said France should have a civil-nuclear accord with Pakistan on the pattern of the US-India nuclear deal.
The French expert made these remarks during a lecture on “France, Europe and changing global scenario” at the Pakistan-China Institute here on Sunday. The event was chaired by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) Chairperson Ambassador Masood Khan.
Boniface said Pakistan was a nuclear-armed nation of 200 million people and had a pivotal role to play in the strategically important part of the world.
Read: Report on weapons: ‘Pakistan outpacing India in nuclear race’
He also criticised the Iraq war saying it was “destabilising for the Arab World”. Boniface welcomed the Iran nuclear deal terming it “a rare defeat for the powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States”.
The lecture was attended by university professors and scholars of international relations, and diplomatic and security experts.
Senator Mushahid Hussain praised the French role in global affairs as well as the statesmanship of late President Charles de Gaulle.
Read: Can coercive diplomacy work?
The participants acknowledged that France was leading the world in civil nuclear energy technology for peaceful purposes.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2015.
By Our Correspondent
Published: September 21, 2015
Dr Pascal Boniface
ISLAMABAD: Director of premier French think tank, the Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, Dr Pascal Boniface, said France should have a civil-nuclear accord with Pakistan on the pattern of the US-India nuclear deal.
The French expert made these remarks during a lecture on “France, Europe and changing global scenario” at the Pakistan-China Institute here on Sunday. The event was chaired by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) Chairperson Ambassador Masood Khan.
Boniface said Pakistan was a nuclear-armed nation of 200 million people and had a pivotal role to play in the strategically important part of the world.
Read: Report on weapons: ‘Pakistan outpacing India in nuclear race’
He also criticised the Iraq war saying it was “destabilising for the Arab World”. Boniface welcomed the Iran nuclear deal terming it “a rare defeat for the powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States”.
The lecture was attended by university professors and scholars of international relations, and diplomatic and security experts.
Senator Mushahid Hussain praised the French role in global affairs as well as the statesmanship of late President Charles de Gaulle.
Read: Can coercive diplomacy work?
The participants acknowledged that France was leading the world in civil nuclear energy technology for peaceful purposes.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2015.