Pakistan on Wednesday asked NSG member states to be “objective and non-discriminatory” while deciding on expanding the grouping’s membership as Islamabad stepped up diplomatic efforts to raise support for its inclusion in the elite 48-nation bloc whose membership India is also eyeing.
The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement that Additional Foreign Secretary (UN and Economic Coordination) Tasnim Aslam held a briefing session for the NSG countries’ diplomatic missions here ahead of NSG plenary session this month in Vienna. It said that the briefing was part of the ongoing diplomatic efforts for mobilising support for Pakistan’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
“The Additional Secretary highlighted the factors which placed Pakistan’s application for NSG membership on solid grounds, including Pakistan’s technical experience, capability and well-established commitment to non-proliferation and nuclear safety and security,” it said.