SinoPak Nuclear cooperation has India scared.

[Kompromat]

Salman Khurshid reiterates fears over China-Pakistan nuclear-ties

Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, ET Bureau Sep 19, 2013, 04.41AM IST

NEW DELHI: Khurshid has reiterated that India has serious concerns over China's expanding nuclear ties with Pakistan, raising the issue with visiting journalists from China.

Nuclear relations between China and Pakistan "have a more lasting impact of question mark or a concern", the minister said in an interaction with the visiting delegation on Tuesday. "Although you have a relationship with them, and we have no problem that you have a relationship with them, our concern in your relationship with Pakistan is only about the impact on nuclear non-proliferation. That is one concern that we have expressed to you," Khurshid told the delegation, which included journalists from the state-run Chinese media.

India had earlier raised the issue in May, when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited New Delhi. China had, however, brushed aside such concerns, saying the nuclear cooperation was limited to "peaceful purposes" to overcome Pakistan's energy crisis.

China has often been dubbed Pakistan's 'allweather friend' that provides defence equipment and offers assistance to boost its economy and build infrastructure. The two countries had last month signed contracts for two reactors at the Karachi Coastal Nuclear Power Project (worth $9.6 billion), marking the first foreign purchase of the Chinese reactor design. The main contractor is China National Nuclear Corporation's subsidiary, China Zhongyuan Engineering Company.

Other Chinese companies, which have been earlier involved in the construction of reactors at Pakistan's Chashma nuclear power plant in Punjab province will also participate in the project. These include China Nuclear Power Engineering, the Nuclear Power Institute of China and the East China Electric Power Designing Institute. The reactors to be supplied by China are derived from the ones that it imported from France in the 1990s and it claims "full intellectual property rights over the design".

Pakistan is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), of which China is a member, prohibits supply of reactors to the countries that are not signatory to the NPT. India had received a clean waiver from NSG in 2008 that paved the way for civil nuclear cooperation with various countries.

Salman Khurshid reiterates fears over China-Pakistan nuclear-ties - Economic Times

 

[scorpionx]

Mr.Khurshid,shut your mouth up and swell your own arsenal depot.

 

[Mugwop]

Now they are gonna try to paint as an Islamaphobe country in this thread.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Indian objections to Sino-Pakistani nuclear cooperation are irrelevant, considering that India has already officially labeled both these countries as her enemies.

For example, the previous Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes declared that China was India's "number one enemy". And we all know about India-Pakistan issues as well.

 

[Yeti]

stupid title lol from serious concern it became scared

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

When are we suppliying nuclear weapons to Japan ?

 

[45'22']

like China was scared when India test fired agni 5
changing the title doesnt change the content

its really awkward when u say scared instead of serious concerns......

on topic....yes there are serious implications.....
the comments from MEA arent shocking

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

When are we suppliying nuclear weapons to Japan ?

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, if they wanted to build a bomb they could do it themselves easily.

But in fact they are the most anti-nuclear weapons country in the world, and at the forefront of the global non-proliferation movement.

Which is understandable, considering that they are so far the only victims of a nuclear weapons attack on a civilian population.

 

[dray]

stupid title lol from serious concern it became scared

And "serious concern" was the appropriate term, considering the fact that these deadly weapons are going to a highly irresponsible country who doesn't have enough maturity to handle such weapons prudently.

When are we suppliying nuclear weapons to Japan ?

Japan is a very capable country, we should consider Vietnam & Philippines as the rightful candidates!!

 

[scorpionx]

And "serious concern" was the appropriate term, considering the fact that these deadly weapons are going to a highly irresponsible country who doesn't have enough maturity to handle such weapons prudently.

There is hardly any difference in Fear and scare,buddy.It's our inept spokesmen who keep talking out of any relevance. Pakistan,an immature state or not is none of our concern. Why should China listen to us? They have every reasonable argument to arm Pakistan to the best way they can. It's upto us how we,Indians prepare ourselves to such threats,both militarily and diplomatically.

 

[karan.1970]

When moderators start doing tricks with title changes, then who to complain to ?

 

[Yeti]

China is breaking NSG rules which prohibits the sale of technology to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.

 

[Kompromat]

China is breaking NSG rules which prohibits the sale of technology to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.

 

[Hyperion]

Chall bey..... NSG rules........ yada yada.......... what ya gonna do about it.........

China is breaking NSG rules which prohibits the sale of technology to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.

 

[Yeti]

We can do nothing but tumhara dost amerika...