It is not possible for Pakistan to accredit a US official to National Command Authority, however delegations and officials from different countries do meet members of NCA from time to time to have briefing on Nuclear Programme, responded foreign office spokesman Wednesday on the reported US proposal to accredit an official as part of NCA.
"Don't you think that such a proposal, if accepted, would tantamount to compromising the security of Pakistan's nuclear programme", the spokesman asserted. National Command Authority (NCA) is composed of the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and others, he added.
Strategic Plans Division (SPD) is the Secretariat of NCA. International co-operation by SPD is limited to learning the best practices for the purpose of nuclear safety as stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on several occasions, he added. SPD also brief the visiting senior government officials, legislators and foreign media representatives on the safety of Pakistan's nuclear programme. These briefings are co-ordinated by concerned ambassadors or officials. There is no question of allowing access to any outsider to SPD for any other purpose.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is kept informed about all briefings given by SPD to foreign dignitaries. Neither any foreign government has made a request to accredit an official to SPD nor a system exists to accept such accreditation, the spokesman concluded.