Pakistan will push UN to declare Indian Ocean ‘nuclear free zone’, says Aziz

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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Thursday informed Senate that Pakistan is considering to move a resolution in United Nations, urging it to declare the Indian Ocean a “nuclear free zone”.

The adviser expressed concern over India’s interceptor missile test of its advanced air defence missile Ashwin and vowed to raise the issue with all major powers ‘bilaterally and multilaterally’.

He announced that Pakistan is planning to highlight the dangerous implications of India’s plans to nuclearise the Indian Ocean at all relevant international forums and a proposal is under consideration to move a resolution in the next session of UN General Assembly to declare the Indian Ocean a “nuclear free zone”.

“Apart from this air defence system, India has also recently conducted tests of nuclear capable, submarine based K4 ballistic missiles. Simultaneously large nuclear powered submarines are being built to carry these nuclear armed missile as a part of its second strike nuclear capability,” Aziz told Senate.

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