Pakistan reiterates opposition to treaty banning production of fissile material for nukes

At the UN, Pakistan reiterated its opposition to any fissile material cut off treaty that discriminated between different  nuclear weapon states and did not ensure equal and undiminished security to all states. Speaking in the Informal Consultative Meeting called by the Chairperson of the High-level Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) Expert Preparatory Group,  Yasar Ammar, Counsellor at Pakistan’s Mission to the UN, argued that a universally acceptable fissile material treaty would have to avoid discrimination between the different nuclear weapons possessing states. “There should be no preferential treatment for any country in terms of existing stocks. The treaty should lead to equal and undiminished security for all states”, he added.