Pakistan Will not Join The Nuclear Race: President Arif Alvi
Pakistan Will not Join The Nuclear Race: President Arif Alvi: President Arif Alvi says Pakistan’s nuclear program is compliant to the IAEA rules and regulations. He was addressing the international conference titled “global non proliferation regime: challenges and response ” organized by strategic studies institute in Islamabad today.
The president said Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent is only meant for strategic balance in the region and it is not part of any nuclear arms race. He said Pakistan is ardent supporter of nonproliferation and is ready to cooperate with all the concerned world institutions to achieve this end. Arif Alvi said the threats confronting international peace and security can only be dealt with collective international efforts.
“Pakistan is committed to maintaining strategic stability and peace in the region and will continue to demonstrate restraint and responsibility,” he said. “Nobody should doubt Pakistan’s ability to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty.” The president said that after the Cold War, there is an ongoing race of nuclear weaponry. “There should be international laws on the use of nuclear weapons,” he said. “Pakistan wants peaceful relations with all countries in the region.”
The president also called for the resolution of ongoing disputes in Indian-Administered Kashmir, saying that the United Nations should play its role in resolving the problem.
The president warned that the current global security landscape was not very encouraging and instead of meaningful efforts towards global disarmament, a nuclear arms race had begun. “The international security landscape is far from encouraging. The euphoria generated by the end of the Cold War and the committed expectations of meaningful steps towards global disarmament have given way to a qualitative nuclear arms race,” he said.
The president emphasised that threats to international peace and security can only be dealt with through collective efforts and Pakistan is ready to cooperate with global actors. Alvi added that the United Nations is a suitable platform to resolve international conflicts, but at the same time, he stressed the need for uniform implementation of its resolutions.
The president further said new technologies such as cyber threats and drones attacks “lower the threshold for war and put machines at the helm of the decisions of life and death” and called for globally binding frameworks to regularise the use of emerging technologies.
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