Pakistan on Saturday said the containers seized by Indian authorities at Gujarat's Mundra Port on a Shanghai-bound cargo ship were "empty" but were earlier used for the transportation of fuel from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants.
The Pakistan Foreign Office issued a statement in response to questions from the press about reports in the media on the "seizure of possible radioactive material" by Indian authorities at Mundra Port on a cargo ship from Karachi Port to Shanghai in China.
The Foreign Office said the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant authorities have informed that these were "empty containers” being returned to China, which were earlier used for the transportation of fuel from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants.
“The Containers were ‘EMPTY' and the cargo was correctly declared as Non-Hazardous in the shipping documents,” the Foreign Office said.