Pakistan said on Thursday that it has strong reservations on US-India nuclear deal, which could have negative impact on security issues of the region. Foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit at the weekly press briefing said that though Pakistan has serious concern on nuclear deal between US and India, it does not have any problems with US-India relations.
Basit said that India should not have any problem with ongoing strategic dialogue between Pakistan and US. Both Pakistan and US desire to enhance mutual relations based on mutual trust and this was unprecedented that scope of the dialogue was very broad. The ambit of discussion besides security issues would be energy, water, communication, agriculture and other areas, he added.
Replying to questions, Basit said that development and security are intertwined and Pakistan is taking part in the ongoing dialogue with comprehensive proposals to make them result oriented. He said that US was fully aware of Pakistan's problems and wanted to help in overcoming them.
The spokesman informed that next round of strategic talks would be held in Islamabad. He said that looking at the dialogue in the prospective of civil nuclear co-operation between Pak-US would be unfair, rather talks are broad-based and encompassing various dimension including power requirements.
To a question about ongoing reconciliation process with Taliban in Afghanistan, Basit said that Pakistan has repeatedly expressed desire to help Afghan government in efforts towards reintegration and reconciliation provided Afghanistan desires so. He said that Pakistan condemns Israel government's decision regarding construction of houses and calls upon the international community to restrain Israel from these activities which he said undermines peace process.
Basit also read out a short statement informing the media that Turkish President Abdullah Gul would be visiting Pakistan from March 30. He said that during his four-day visit number of agreements and Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) would be signed. Ministers, parliamentarians and many Turkish companies' officials would accompany him, he added.