Geopolitics

Indo-Pak Nuclear Talks
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Issue Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date : 06 Sep , 2012

Despite concerted efforts at Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) and several rounds of talks to improve relations between India and Pakistan, there has not been appreciable progress. The nuclear issue is particularly thorny. India has pressed Pakistan to enunciate its nuclear doctrine and asked it to join the global efforts for concluding the UN-sponsored Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) which would ban the production of nuclear bomb-making material.

At the expert-level talks in Islamabad last year on nuclear CBMs, India did not accept Pakistan’s proposal for bilateral cooperation on nuclear safety and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, saying such a step would have to wait till there is better trust and confidence between the two countries. Pakistan is the only one of the 65 refusing to participate in the FMCT talks. Of course, the treaty is at a nascent stage, and many differences have to be sorted out between the recognised nuclear powers as well. Emphasising restraint and responsibility in the management of nuclear weapons, India has expressed the hope that Pakistan would seriously consider joining the FMCT talks.

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2 thoughts on “Indo-Pak Nuclear Talks

  1. Modi is a security concern to India, he UN educated it takes brains to understand things regarding nuclear weapons. It is not simple as that. Pakistan continue to threaten India with battle field Nuke they will use them on there own people or will they. do not disturb Modi he buy worshiping hi holly Caw.

  2. i,.R.VENUGOPAL, EX SCIENTIST , ATOMIC ENERGY ESTT
    WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY OPINION AS UNDER
    SINCE MR MODI HAS BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA AND HE WILL RULE
    5 YRS AS PER MANDATE AND IF HE MINDS , HE HAS TO TAKE OVER PAKISTAN
    ALSO AND JOIN INSIDE INDIA AND THERE BY THE KASHMIR PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED ONCE FOR ALL,. THERE WONT BE ANY ONE CLAIMING PAKISTAN AND ALSO ENSURE TO REMOVE ARTICLE 370 SO THAT KASHMIR GETS THE STATUS AS OTHER STATES AND ALLOW PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY CAN SETTLE DOWN IN KAHMIR AND AVOID THESE CALAMITIES IN KASHMIR
    THERE IS ALSO PREDICTION THAT MR NARENDRA MODI WILL RULE THIS
    COUNTRY FOR 20 YRS WHEN HE BECOMES THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PREDICTION HAS COME TRUE
    MY BEST WISHES TO MR NARENDRA MODI, LONG LIVE WITH GOOD HEALTH AND WEALTH,AND RULE INDIA IN THE INTEREST OF ALL HINDU CIVILIZATION
    LONG LIVE BHARATH MATHA

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