Indo-us nuke deal would unravel NPT

MICS - India by Shekhar kulshrestha

Islamabad, march 17: Unhappy over the us refusal to enter into a nuclear deal with it, Pakistan has warned that the Indo-us nuclear accord would lead to the collapse of international agreements aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. It also demanded “equality of treatment” and pledged to pursue in this direction. “The whole nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will unravel. It’s only a matter of time before other countries will act in the same way,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said in an interview to London daily Financial Times.

“Nuclear weapons are the currency of power and many countries would like to use it. Once this goes through, the npt will be finished. It’s not just Iran and North Korea. Brazil, Argentina and Pakistan will think differently,” he warned.

Kasuri said the US should not be treating India and Pakistan differently. “The us should be conscious of the sentiments of this country. Public opinion sees things in black and white. They compare the us to China and feel it has not been a friend the way China has,” he said.