Pak Hopeful That India Will Adhere To Ban on Nuclear Testing

Both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers and contenders for NSG membership but none have signed the NPT.

Pakistan said it was hopeful of a bilateral agreement with India over the mutual ban on the testing of nuclear weapons.

Pakistan said that the ban might be able to ease the countries’ way into the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

An offer regarding non-testing of nuclear weapons agreement has already been made but “the proposal did not elicit a favourable response from India”, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson said.

The spokesperson also said that Pakistan had proposed a “simultaneous adherence to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)” to India following the 1998 nuclear tests by both countries.

Once again, in the larger interest of peace and stability in the region, as also in the global context, Pakistan has indicated the possibility that the two countries may consider a bilateral arrangement.

Foreign Office Spokesperson from Pakistan