DATE=11/16/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241738
TITLE=PAK U-S NUCLEAR (L)
BYLINE=AYAZ GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS 
HIS COUNTRY WILL TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO TIGHTEN NUCLEAR EXPORT 
CONTROLS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.  THE 
FOREIGN MINISTER MADE THE REMARKS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH VOA AND 
AYAZ GUL HAS DETAILS FROM ISLAMABAD. 

TEXT:  PAKISTANI AND U-S EXPERTS LAST WEEK HELD TALKS IN 
ISLAMABAD ON EXPORT CONTROL PROGRAMS TO CURB NUCLEAR 
PROLIFERATION.  

THE TALKS CAME JUST AFTER PRESIDENT CLINTON DECIDED TO WAIVE SOME
SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECAUSE OF THEIR NUCLEAR 
TESTS IN MAY. 

PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER -- SARTAJ AZIZ -- SAYS IN THE RECENT 
DISCUSSIONS U-S OFFICIALS GAVE PAKISTAN THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE 
NEEDED TO CHECK THE EXPORT OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. 

                         //AZIZ ACT-1// 

         LAST WEEK THERE WAS A MEETING ON THIS SUBJECT WITH THE 
         (U-S) TECHNICAL TEAM AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US THE 
         INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ON THE BASES OF 
         WHICH THIS IS DONE. AND IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL 
         TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO CODIFY THEM (AND) 
         TO TIGHTEN OUR REGULATIONS. 

                          //END ACT// 

MR. AZIZ SAYS THAT PAKISTAN IS EXAMINING LEGAL MEASURES THAT ARE 
AIMED AT CONTROLLING NUCLEAR EXPORTS. 

                         //AZIZ ACT-2// 

         IN OUR CASE ALMOST ALL THE INSTITUTIONS ARE IN THE 
         PUBLIC SECTOR, SO OUR ABILITY TO EXERCISE TIGHTENING 
         CONTROL CAN BE MADE; THE OBJECTIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED 
         THROUGH MUCH SIMPLER REGULATION. THERE IS SOME ORDINANCE
         (A TEMPORARY LAW ENACTED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND TO BE 
         PASSED BY THE PARLIAMENT) ON EXPORT OF NUCLEAR 
         TECHNOLOGY, IF NECESSARY WE CAN AMEND IT. BUT THIS WE 
         ARE EXAMINING WHETHER WE CAN DO IT THROUGH AN 
         ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR IF WE NEED LEGAL ACTIONS WE 
         WILL TAKE THAT.

                          //END ACT// 

THE TIGHTENING OF EXPORT CONTROL IS ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS ON 
THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AGENDA.  

IN ADDITION TO THE RECENT NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN, 
THE UNITED STATES HAS ALSO BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE 
SPREAD OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO ROGUE STATES. 

WASHINGTON IS ALSO PRESSURING INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO SIGN THE 
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY, KNOWN AS C-T-B-T, AND TO STOP THE 
PRODUCTION OF FISSILE, OR WEAPON GRADE MATERIAL. (SIGNED) 

NEB/AG/KL

16-Nov-98 8:01 AM EST (1301 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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