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All the alleged Indian arguments mentioned in the article are trivial arguments meant for PR and public consumption. These are not arguments that would really sway the NSG States:
1. The Chinese deal to supply two additional reactors, Chashma-3 and Chashma 4, was not "grandfathered," under an earlier arrangement as China claims. China did not disclose two additional reactors at the time of joining the NSG in 2004.
All the NSG States are aware of this, the US has offered its opinion on this, and no one needs reminding from the Indians on the issue.
2. Indian interlocutors will argue that there is no comparison between India's deal with the US to that of China's with Pakistan as New Delhi was granted the clean waiver on account of its widely acknowledged impeccable non-proliferation record.
Again, the proliferation argument is an old one, and not one that needs reminding from India, and Pakistan has countered that with its comprehensive efforts against proliferation, specifically by engaging with the US and IAEA on that issue.
3. India will contend that it's not an energy deal, but a ploy to contain New Delhi by bolstering Pakistan's capacity to produce more nuclear weapons and will highlight the alleged abuse of foreign aid by Islamabad to modernize its military machine.
Nonsense, since the proposed NPP's are light water reactors, and will not produce Plutonium as a byproduct that can be reprocessed into weapons fuel.
If Indian diplomats really have only these arguments to make, then Pakistan has little to worry about.
1. The Chinese deal to supply two additional reactors, Chashma-3 and Chashma 4, was not "grandfathered," under an earlier arrangement as China claims. China did not disclose two additional reactors at the time of joining the NSG in 2004.
All the NSG States are aware of this, the US has offered its opinion on this, and no one needs reminding from the Indians on the issue.
2. Indian interlocutors will argue that there is no comparison between India's deal with the US to that of China's with Pakistan as New Delhi was granted the clean waiver on account of its widely acknowledged impeccable non-proliferation record.
Again, the proliferation argument is an old one, and not one that needs reminding from India, and Pakistan has countered that with its comprehensive efforts against proliferation, specifically by engaging with the US and IAEA on that issue.
3. India will contend that it's not an energy deal, but a ploy to contain New Delhi by bolstering Pakistan's capacity to produce more nuclear weapons and will highlight the alleged abuse of foreign aid by Islamabad to modernize its military machine.
Nonsense, since the proposed NPP's are light water reactors, and will not produce Plutonium as a byproduct that can be reprocessed into weapons fuel.
If Indian diplomats really have only these arguments to make, then Pakistan has little to worry about.