Pakistan to seek Belarus, Kazakhstan’s support for NSG membership

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will seek support from Belarus and Kazakhstan for its membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi is visiting Belarus and Kazakhstan as special envoy of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He will hand over letters from PM Nawaz Sharif addressed to President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.

In his letters the Prime Minister has underscored the need for the NSG to adopt a non-discriminatory approach on the question of the membership for non-NPT (Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) states in order to promote strategic stability in South Asia and strengthen global non-proliferation regime.

Besides a call on the Belarusian President Fatemi will meet Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Rybakov and Minister of Industry Vitali Vovk.In Kazakhstan the Special Assistant is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov and Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan M. Ashikbayev.