China and Pakistan Agree on Nuclear Deal
A couple of weeks after the United States and India agreed on a nuclear deal – allowing the Indians to produce more nuclear energy, to build more bombs, etc. – China and Pakistan announced that the communist country would help the country of President Asif Ali Zardari to build two more nuclear plants.
The deal is a clear sign that Pakistan was not happy with the deal between the U.S. and India. As such, it serves as a warning: give something to our enemy, and we’ll turn to your enemy.
Chinese leaders “do recognize Pakistan’s need, and China is one country that at international forums has clearly spoken against the discriminatory nature of that understanding” between Washington and New Delhi, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.
Pakistan once hoped to become part of the world’s ‘trusted’ nuclear club, but all such hopes were crushed in 2004 when it became clear that the architect of Islamabad’s nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has shared his nuclear knowledge with countries such as North Korea, Libya and Iran.
India, on the other hand, has no such problems, and was finally allowed into the group earlier this year.
Pakistan and India remain, of course, enemies. The move of the U.S. to reach out to India on the issue of nuclear energy was likely to anger the Pakistanis. China, in turn, wants to increase its influence in the region, making it quite logical for the two countries to work together.
It will be interesting to see how the U.S. reacts. Will it try to find a middle ground and reach out to Pakistan, or will it move to blacklist Islamabad in one way or another? Much will be dependent on it.
Well, US has its own policy, bur if you see pakistan who is in deep trouble due to US policies,US is saving its own intrest by sacrificing 180 million pakistanies. Pakistan is in very cruitial situtuation due to energy. It is fighting war on terrorisem, losing its econmy every single day. There is huge need of energy, every day there is around 6-10 hours elecrticity load shading, hospital, emegency services, industry and all accross, every single person is getting effected due to shortage of electricity. I think US and EU need to be very justisful if they want to lead or police around the world other wise countries, nations and people will get up against their rights same way they took their right from british colonial power and same as in today’s history Iran is fighting for its right. How many nation, countries and people US and EU will blacklist in name of terror or so on .