Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on Sunday said that no compromise would be made on nuclear programme of the country.
He said this while talking to newsmen at the residence of a social worker, Chaudhry Fazal Hussain, here. The foreign minister said that the international community should accept the ground realities and recognise India and Pakistan as atomic powers.
He said that Pakistan had never indulged in proliferation of atomic technology and added that Pakistan's nuclear programme was totally for defence purpose.
Kasuri said that Pakistan and India should take steps for elimination of poverty and backwardness for the betterment of their masses.
The minister said that Pakistan had taken a number of concrete steps for the elimination of terrorism, sectarianism, extremism and promotion of religious tolerance in the society.
He said that the economy of the country was improving while foreign reserves increased due to better policies of the present government.
He said the government has developed its relations with international community and signed a number of agreements to promote foreign investment in the country.
He urged the United Nations to play its role for the solution of Kashmir, Palestine and Iraq issues in the changing scenario of the world.