09-10-2008, 12:51 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Zardari to visit China, negotiate nuclear deal </b>
Pioneer.com
Muhammad Najeeb | Islamabad
Asif Ali Zardari, the President-elect of Pakistan, will visit China next week to negotiate a nuclear deal similar to the one between India and the US, an official said on Monday.<b> "Pakistan is already in touch with China for the nuclear deal to meet its energy crisis and the talks would start during Zardari's visit," </b>an official said on condition of anonymity.Â
Zardari, who was elected President on Saturday, will be sworn in on Tuesday and has already announced that his first foreign visit will be to China. The official said that under the proposed deal, China will supply nuclear material to Pakistan to meet its energy crisis. "This has nothing to do with the US-India deal but that has certainly provided us a way out to meet our energy crisis," he said.
For the last many years, Pakistan has failed to meet its growing energy needs and the situation has worsened since November 2007, with the country facing massive power cuts and adopting summer time to benefit the most from daylight and save energy.
"Of course, it will take time to finalise the deal after going through its details but the initial talks would start during Zardari's visit and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for reaching an agreement," said the official.
Zardari's visit will coincide with the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games on September 17.
"Zardari will participate in the closing ceremony as well," said the official.
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Back to Bhutto-China relationship. Now it is difficult to figure out where US stands.
Is it unkle told them to go ahead, get made in China for a while just to do equal-equal.
Pioneer.com
Muhammad Najeeb | Islamabad
Asif Ali Zardari, the President-elect of Pakistan, will visit China next week to negotiate a nuclear deal similar to the one between India and the US, an official said on Monday.<b> "Pakistan is already in touch with China for the nuclear deal to meet its energy crisis and the talks would start during Zardari's visit," </b>an official said on condition of anonymity.Â
Zardari, who was elected President on Saturday, will be sworn in on Tuesday and has already announced that his first foreign visit will be to China. The official said that under the proposed deal, China will supply nuclear material to Pakistan to meet its energy crisis. "This has nothing to do with the US-India deal but that has certainly provided us a way out to meet our energy crisis," he said.
For the last many years, Pakistan has failed to meet its growing energy needs and the situation has worsened since November 2007, with the country facing massive power cuts and adopting summer time to benefit the most from daylight and save energy.
"Of course, it will take time to finalise the deal after going through its details but the initial talks would start during Zardari's visit and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for reaching an agreement," said the official.
Zardari's visit will coincide with the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games on September 17.
"Zardari will participate in the closing ceremony as well," said the official.
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Back to Bhutto-China relationship. Now it is difficult to figure out where US stands.
Is it unkle told them to go ahead, get made in China for a while just to do equal-equal.