Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed concern over the recently concluded long-term uranium supply agreement between Canada and India and the reported cooperation between the two countries in nuclear reactor technologies.
According to Kashmir, responding to media queries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Pakistan is closely monitoring the development, particularly the potential collaboration between Ottawa and New Delhi on small modular reactors and advanced nuclear technologies. He said such arrangements have implications for strategic stability in South Asia and warrant careful consideration.
“This arrangement represents yet another country-specific exception in the field of civil nuclear cooperation. It is particularly ironic given that India’s 1974 nuclear test, conducted using plutonium produced in a reactor supplied by Canada for peaceful purposes, had led directly to the establishment of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). A state whose actions necessitated the establishment of global export controls is now being granted preferential access under selective arrangements.”
Kashmir24 official