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China, Pakistan Reach Nuke Agreement

IN THIS ISSUE: China, Pakistan reach nuke agreement, Chinese Chashma poker chip?, Strategic Engagement: Iran, Iraq and the GCC, commission to determine criteria for final nuclear storage, US and Russia aim to reconvene stalled missile defense talks, strategic restraint in South Asia.

Published on March 26, 2013
 

China, Pakistan Reach Nuke Agreement

Bill Gertz | Washington Free Beacon

Chasma

China and Pakistan reached a formal agreement last month to construct a third nuclear reactor at Chashma that the Obama administration says will violate Beijing's promises under an international anti-nuclear weapons accord.

Mark Hibbs, with the Carnegie Endowment's Nuclear Policy Program, said nothing in the NSG guidelines prevents the Chashma 3 reactor sale.   Full Article



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