By Xinhua,
Dhaka : Pakistani High Commissioner Alamgir Babar in Bangladesh Monday said Pakistan could discuss the peaceful use of nuclear energy with Bangladesh, which is facing a severe energy deficit.
“We have our program of nuclear energy. We’re going ahead with that. It’s up to Bangladesh to decide how they want,” Alamgir Babar told a meeting at the National Press Club in Dhaka, the private news agency UNB reported.
Asked if Islamabad will extend cooperation to Dhaka in the nuclear energy sector, the High Commissioner said: “We can discuss it within the confines of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).”
Bangladesh is a signatory to the NPT and recently the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) allowed the country to use nuclear energy in peaceful purposes like energy, agriculture and medicine sectors.
Foreign Adviser Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury discussed the matter with Russia, South Korea and China during his visit to those countries.
Alamgir Babar said Pakistan is not a signatory to the NPT but “I have the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy.”