Proliferation of nukes: Pakistan studying joint pledge by five N-states

[ghazi52]

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UN nuclear chief to arrive in Pakistan tomorrow​

DG IAEA will undertake visits to different institutions employing nuclear technology during his two-day visit, says FO

APP
February 14, 2023

ISLAMABAD: Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit Pakistan from February 15-16 to visit sites employing nuclear technology.

During his two-day visit, the DG IAEA will hold high level meetings and undertake visits to different institutions employing nuclear technology in the fields of health, agriculture, industry and power generation, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

The visit will provide an opportunity to Pakistan and the IAEA to explore avenues for further strengthening their ongoing cooperation in the area of peaceful applications of nuclear technology for the socio-economic development of the country, the statement added.

Pakistan is a founding member of the agency since 1957 and enjoys longstanding and mutually beneficial collaboration with the IAEA.

Earlier, a group of UN Disarmament Fellows comprising officers from 24 countries, visited Pakistan from October 8 to 10 as part of their international study tour under the auspices of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNoDA).

During the visit, they received a briefing on Pakistan’s perspective on arms control, disarmament, and nuclear non-proliferation as well as the imperative of unhindered access to dual-use technologies for peaceful socio-economic applications, said an official statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The group comprised officers from 24 countries including Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Libya, Montenegro, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Saint Kits & Nevis, Togo, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

 

[ghazi52]

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The Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology and IAEA org have long partnered in improving healthcare, but also in the peaceful application of Nuclear Science in other fields such as nutrition and water analysis, to the benefit of Pakistan and the rest of the region.

 

[Trango Towers]

A hollow pledge since all five are modernising their nuclear arsenals.

Besides the only nation to have used a nuclear weapons is sitting on the UN Security Council.







I bet Iraq, Libya, Syria and Ukraine regret surrendering their nuclear weapons.

Ukraine had nukes the others didn't

 

[TheSolution]

These 5 won't go to war against each other but the will kill murder pillage any nation without nukes. Nukes are a must if yiu wish to survive

A country, especially like Pakistan, will forever be at the mercy and slavery of foreign powers without a nuclear deterrent.

It's a cruel world, either you yourself possess the power to destroy other nations, or leave yourself vulnerable to others who possess it.

Surely I would choose option 1.

 

[Trango Towers]

A country, especially like Pakistan, will forever be at the mercy and slavery of foreign powers without a nuclear deterrent.

It's a cruel world, either you yourself possess the power to destroy other nations, or leave yourself vulnerable to others who possess it.

Surely I would choose option 1.

Sadly with PDM and traitor generals...nukes are no deterrent

 

[El Sidd]

Pakistan is a founding member of the agency since 1957 and enjoys longstanding and mutually beneficial collaboration with the IAEA.

The group comprised officers from 24 countries including Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Libya, Montenegro, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Saint Kits & Nevis, Togo, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

That's a colorful bunch of countries. It would have been quite a challenge to gather momentum for such transparency in 1957 as the cold war was being defined.

 

[ghazi52]

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said that Pakistan's nuclear safety is "world-class" as he lauded the nation's technical and engineering capacity, reported state-broadcaster Radio Pakistan.

The IAEA chief is in Pakistan on a two-day trip to discuss matters related to the Pakistan-IAEA collaboration. This is Grossi's maiden visit to Pakistan after assuming office in 2019.

Addressing a seminar in Islamabad, the IAEA DG said Pakistan's capacity to establish "new nuclear power plants indicates a promising future" for nuclear energy and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

[nahtanbob]

France which agreed to this declaration still has a demonstration capability (a shot across the bow with a nuke) to dissuade an adversary from a conventional attack. It deterred the Soviets. So these statements are just periodic window dressing. Nothing Pakistan has to comment on.

While the disparity between India and Pakistan is not as great, the following is an interesting commentary on a smaller power trying to dissuade a large power. This is especially interesting because many Indian planners (as with most of the Indian Military) seem to think in the Soviet/Russian model as they were probably trained.

RAND Assessment on Soviet Commentary on the French Force de Frappe

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_memoranda/2008/RM4359.pdf

interesting read for an old perspective

 

[ghazi52]

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IAEA, Pakistan to enhance cooperation in nuclear technology uses in health and climate​

Grossi 'impressed by high standard of Pakistan Centre of Excellence in Nuclear Security'

February 16, 2023
Sana Jamal,

IAEA chief inaugurated the spent fuel dry storage facility at Pakistan Chashma Nuclear Power Plant on February 15, 2023.Image Credit: IAEA

Islamabad: Rafael Grossi, the chief international nuclear agency, visited Pakistan where he discussed expanding cooperation in peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology in health, cancer treatment, improving agriculture, and combating the climate crisis.

Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met with several officials and visited nuclear facilities, cancer treatment centres and agricultural research institutions utilising nuclear technology for sustainable development.

The IAEA chief toured the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA), and Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), to discuss the country’s peaceful nuclear programme, improving healthcare, agriculture, food, water, and electricity. Grossi said that he was “impressed by the high standard of the Pakistan Centre of Excellence in Nuclear Security” and looked forward to improving cooperation. “Nuclear security is a crucial element within the continued cooperation between Pakistan and IAEA,” he said.

New facilities inaugurated​

During his two-day (February 15-16) visit, Grossi inaugurated several facilities including Pakistan’s National Radiation Emergency Coordination Centre in Islamabad, a cyberknife centre (a fully robotic radiotherapy device) for cancer treatment at Pakistan Nuclear Medicine Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI) and a spent fuel dry storage facility at Chashma Nuclear Power Plant which accounts for almost a quarter of Pakistan’s low-carbon electricity.

With nuclear technology, IAEA is supporting Pakistan to develop new cotton varieties that are more climate-resilient.Image Credit: IAEA

“Nuclear energy and applications improve the lives of Pakistan’s people,” Grossi said in a tweet sharing photos of his visits and meetings. He said that he had “a meaningful exchange on the comprehensive and cohesive nature of the country’s peaceful nuclear programme” with PAEC chairman Raja Ali Raza Anwar. He also met PNRA chairman Faizan Mansoor. In Faisalabad, he designated the Nuclear Institute for Agriculture & Biology (NIAB) as an IAEA collaborating centre in agriculture and biotechnology.

'Positive development'​

Nuclear security experts have termed the visit a “positive development” for Pakistan. “The visit speaks to Pakistan’s impressive credentials in the peaceful application of nuclear technology, as well as IAEA’s ongoing cooperation with the country,” Dr. Rabia Akhtar, director at Centre for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR), University of Lahore, told Gulf News.

Pakistan should use this visit as an opportunity “to explore avenues for strengthening partnerships in using nuclear technology in the agriculture and power sectors” in which the country is currently facing pressing challenges, she suggested. The visit will be a good follow-up to streamline cooperation as envisaged in the Practical Arrangements signed by the IAEA and PAEC in 2021, she added.

Nuclear cooperation discussed​

The IAEA chief held separate meetings with the prime minister and foreign minister of Pakistan to discuss areas of cooperation in the fields of health, agriculture, industry, nuclear medicine, and power generation. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed Pakistan’s interest in expanding its collaboration with the IAEA, both as a recipient and provider of expertise and technical assistance. He briefed the IAEA chief about the crucial role of nuclear technology in 19 cancer hospitals in Pakistan.

He praised the IAEA’s “Rays of Hope” programme in Pakistan to expand radiotherapy and acknowledged the ongoing cooperation between the IAEA and Pakistan. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari emphasized the need to enhance collaboration in agriculture, health, and medicine as well as the growing role of nuclear applications in addressing climate change, water, energy, and food security challenges.

Grossi also met Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal to discuss Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change and how nuclear science and technology can help address the issue.

 

[R2D2]

Pakistan should keep blueprints and technology of nuclear weapons in soft copy at secret sites so that it can make them again if bombarded by the West or India/Israel.

 

[ThunderCat]

Just no.. We should not join this

Agreed but we should never share nuke technology with countries like Iran.

Only in a very desperate situation can we justify sharing nuke technology.

 

[Trango Towers]

Agreed but we should never share nuke technology with countries like Iran.

Only in a very desperate situation can we justify sharing nuke technology.

We should station them in other countries but not shafe the tech. Like turkey could station troops in pak and vise versa. If one goes to war so does the other

 

[ThunderCat]

We should station them in other countries but not shafe the tech. Like turkey could station troops in pak and vise versa. If one goes to war so does the other

We should station them in China.
Turkey already has NATO warheads.

 

[Trango Towers]

We should station them in China.
Turkey already has NATO warheads.

Nato is sidelining Turkey
China has plenty

 

[ThunderCat]

Nato is sidelining Turkey
China has plenty

Yes but we can work on a common beneficial deal to store nukes in China should the need be. They can have co-control of them like NATO does with Turkey.

Besides Pakistan has no real threats coming from Eurasia. The threats are from the east. Afghanistan can be dealt without nukes.