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US won't object to Nuclear deal between Pakistan & China: US envoy
The US will not object to any civil nuclear deal between Pakistan and China if it abides by international rules of such agreements, and chances of the US making such a deal with Pakistan too cannot be ruled out, the American envoy here has said.
US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said Friday that the US had recently made a civil nuclear deal with India and the chances of such a deal with Pakistan also cannot be ruled out, the Express Tribune reported.
Munter made the remarks while talking to media here.
Answering a question on the Pakistan's efforts to fight terrorism, he said the US wants Pakistan to launch a military operation in North Waziristan soon.
Munter said he would leave it to the Pakistan Army to decide when to launch such an operation.
The army has assured the US that they will take action in North Waziristan at the right time.
Pakistan has long been under pressure from the US to launch a military offensive in North Waziristan.
The foreign office, however, has denied being under US pressure to launch an offensive in the northwestern region which the US calls a "hub of militant activity", saying that the operation will be launched only if it is in Pakistan's "interest", the report said.
Last month, the daily reported that the government had authorised army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take a final decision on when and how to launch a military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region.
US won't object to N-deal between Pakistan and China: US envoy - The Times of India
The US will not object to any civil nuclear deal between Pakistan and China if it abides by international rules of such agreements, and chances of the US making such a deal with Pakistan too cannot be ruled out, the American envoy here has said.
US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said Friday that the US had recently made a civil nuclear deal with India and the chances of such a deal with Pakistan also cannot be ruled out, the Express Tribune reported.
Munter made the remarks while talking to media here.
Answering a question on the Pakistan's efforts to fight terrorism, he said the US wants Pakistan to launch a military operation in North Waziristan soon.
Munter said he would leave it to the Pakistan Army to decide when to launch such an operation.
The army has assured the US that they will take action in North Waziristan at the right time.
Pakistan has long been under pressure from the US to launch a military offensive in North Waziristan.
The foreign office, however, has denied being under US pressure to launch an offensive in the northwestern region which the US calls a "hub of militant activity", saying that the operation will be launched only if it is in Pakistan's "interest", the report said.
Last month, the daily reported that the government had authorised army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take a final decision on when and how to launch a military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region.
US won't object to N-deal between Pakistan and China: US envoy - The Times of India


the art of saying NO without actually uttering the word...
Both us and our Chinese brothers contend that our agreement for the new reactors was grandfathered before China signed onto the NSG. And in the meeting in June - no one opposed it 

