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| Bangladesh seeks nuke help from China |
| 2006-06-06 |
| Bangladesh yesterday sought Chinese technical assistance for peaceful use of nuclear energy in power generation. Foreign Minister Morshed Khan, now on a three-day official visit to China, asked for the technical support during a meeting with State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan in Beijing. Tang is one of the nine members of the State Council, the highest policy-making body of the Chinese government. Dhaka and Beijing signed an agreement on peaceful use of nuclear energy during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Dhaka in April last year. During the meeting, Morshed also requested for specific Chinese assistance in infrastructure development and power generation in Bangladesh, Director General of External Publicity (DGEP) Zahirul Huq told the news agency quoting Bangladesh mission officials in Beijing. The two leaders expressed deep satisfaction at the close and friendly relations existing between Bangladesh and China. They stressed the need for strengthening the relations through continued dialogue and cooperation. The foreign minister, who will hold official talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing today, said he will discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations and identify possible ways of further accelerating cooperation in different sectors. Tang praised Bangladesh government for attaining socioeconomic development, combating terrorism and corruption, alleviating poverty and enhancing food production. He assured that China would continue to remain a "reliable partner" in Bangladesh's national development efforts. Tang said the Chinese government would like to reduce trade imbalance between the two countries. He appreciated Bangladesh's support to " One China" policy and briefed Morshed Khan about steps being taken by the Chinese government towards reunification with Taiwan. He also thanked Bangladesh as the current Saarc chair for facilitating China's entry into the forum as observer. The two leaders exchanged views on a number of multilateral and international issues. They reaffirmed the need for maintaining close cooperation with each other on issues of mutual interest, including UN reforms. |
| Posted by:john |
| #6 At least they are probably asking for a pebble bed reactor. Those cannot be used to make nuclear material, cannot meltdown, and are pretty close to idiot-proof. The Chinese are planning to build literally hundreds of them. NB: The nuclear material is intermingled with ceramic into balls, each of which rests like eggs in a carton. They give off a fixed amount of heat for a fixed time, with very little supervision, then they are just disposed of as medium-level waste. In China, they are just dumped down a mine shaft. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-06 23:45 |
| #5 The ChiComs are postioning to steal the river that runs out of the mountains to Bangladesh. At one time they were talking about a PlowShare type action to move a mountain out of the way and properly redirect the river to China. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-06 23:34 |
| #4 Wonder what arsenic in the cooling water does to the nuclear reaction? All kidding aside, the only reason that Bangladesh is on the Chicom's horizon has to be a strategic position against India, one-China nonsense, or natural gas. The Chicoms do not go into sh*tholes unless there is something there for them. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-06 23:00 |
| #3 plenty of coolant water :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-06 20:42 |
| #2 Bangladesh is underwater most of the monsoon season. It is not a good place for a reactor. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-06 20:14 |
| #1 Meanwhile, the large gas reserves in Bangladesh remain untapped due to reluctance to sell it to the primary regional customer - India. UNOCAL left in disgust and frustration. Bangladesh politicians would rather forgo the revenue stream. They prefer to leave the gas in the ground than sell it to India. |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-06 20:00 |