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| Oz FM refuses Pakistan's uranium request |
| 2007-07-28 |
| The [Australian] Government has rejected calls from a Pakistan Government official for Australia to sell uranium to the south Asian country. Pakistan's Minister for Religious Affairs, Muhammad Ijaz ul Haq, has raised the issue after Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer recently said Australia should consider selling uranium to power stations in India. Mr Ijaz ul Haq says it is a diplomatic issue and Pakistan should be considered alongside India. But Mr Downer says its out of the question because Pakistan's two nuclear power stations are not monitored by the United Nations. "I don't think there's any prospect in the foreseeable future of exporting to Pakistan, unless Pakistan gets into some sort of a system of UN inspections and control over its two civil nuclear facilities and it comes to Australia and seeks a nuclear safeguards agreement," he said. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 "The route between Korea and Egypt goes through a couple of bad spots for piracy. It's quite possible the ships would disappear, never to be seen again." Unfortunately, the route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez goes through Egypt. I'm pretty sure this is the reason we pay them billions every year. In any case, there isn't going to be a new "Bermuda Triangle" in the Indian Ocean. Nice thought, though. |
| Posted by: Thrinesh Lumplump9182 2007-07-28 16:09 |
| #2 The route between Korea and Egypt goes through a couple of bad spots for piracy. It's quite possible the ships would disappear, never to be seen again. |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-07-28 12:54 |
| #1 Why am I not surprised the Pakistani Minister for Religious Affairs comments on uranium acquisition? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-07-28 07:25 |