BEIJING, China: China supports Pakistan as Nuclear Suppliers Group member.
In a media briefing in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said that Pakistan has taken steps towards its mainstreaming into the global non-proliferation regime.
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development and by improving safeguards and protection on existing materials.
“We support Pakistan’s engagement with the NSG, and hope such efforts could be conducive to the authority and effectiveness of international non-proliferation regime. We wish to strengthen communication and coordination with Pakistan.”, she said.
Hua Chunying said that the NSG is an important component of the international non-proliferation regime. She said that it is the long-standing consensus of the international community that the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the cornerstone of the regime.
The spokesperson said that in fact, besides Pakistan, there are other non NPT states who have expressed similar aspirations. She said that this raises an issue to the international community, that is, whether non NPT states are in the position to join the NSG.
“China believes that this issue deserves thorough discussion among NSG member states in accordance with relevant rules, thus to make a decision by consensus,” Hua Chunying said.
