China, Pakistan Expected to Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

China and Pakistan yesterday were expected to finalize an agreement for China’s construction of a nuclear power plant in Pakistan, Reuters reported yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 29, 2002).

The agreement for the 300-megawatt reactor, to be constructed at Chashma about 170 miles south of Islamabad, was set to be signed during a visit by Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to Beijing. The plant is expected to take at least six years to build and cost $600 million, energy experts said.

Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said the plant would be built under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. “It will be meant for civilian use of nuclear energy,” Khan said (Zeeshan Haider, Reuters, Nov. 2).

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