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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Pakistan-France in possible nuclear deal

Agosta-90BPakistan’s drive to overcome its chronic energy shortages received a boost when France expressed willingness to transfer civilian nuclear technology to the South Asian country to meet its energy requirements.

This was decided during the talks between the visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his French counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy here Friday.

Briefing media about the meeting, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the negotiations regarding the transfer of civil nuclear technology will be held in July this year and a new framework agreement and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is likely to be signed during the visit of the French President to Pakistan in September.

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