Pakistan said Wednesday that it supported Iran's right to use nuclear technology peacefully.
"It has been Pakistan's principle stand that Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear technology," Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said at a weekly press briefing.
As a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has certain obligations but those do not prevent Iran from having a peaceful nuclear program, Sadiq said.
Meanwhile, to questions about Bush's statement regarding directaction if Al-Qaita leader Osama bin Ladin was spotted in Pakistan, the spokesman said that foreign intervention inside Pakistani territory was unacceptable.
He said that Pakistan was part of the global fight against terrorism but would not allow any other country to take action inside the country.
"All counter-terrorism measures inside Pakistani territories will be taken by our own forces," he said.
Commenting on Western media reports that Pakistan's nuclear assets could be fell into the hands of extremists, Sadiq said that Pakistan's nuclear assets were safe and there was no danger of getting them into wrong hands.
"Pakistan has a very strong command and control system," he added.
Source: Xinhua
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