There is going to be a lot of Nuclear co-operation between China and Pakistan in the coming years. :thumbsup:
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Aziz seeks Chinese help for N-power
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that Pakistan sought Chinese cooperation to meet its target to generate 8,800 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power plants in the next two decades.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day Pak-China Energy Forum, Aziz said that Pakistan was negotiating with China for cooperation in nuclear power.
The prime minister also said Pakistan would enhance its exploitation of hydropower to generate cheaper electricity. The two countries would also cooperate in power generation through coal and other energy alternatives, he added. He said the government of Pakistan wanted to develop coal reserves and accelerate indigenous oil and gas production including offshore drilling. “We are also working on various options to import gas from Iran, Turkmenistan and Qatar,” he added.
Around 150 Chinese delegates from the energy sector and 300 delegates from Pakistan are attending the forum, organised by the Ministry of Petroleum.
Aziz said Pakistan was located at the confluence of three vital regions providing the shortest access to the sea for the land locked countries of Central Asia, as well as Western China.
He said Pakistan was also fast emerging as the junction for multiple corridors between South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia involving energy, trade, transportation and tourism. “For this purpose Pakistan is building a deep water port at Gwadar with the assistance of China. We are interested in developing Gwadar not only as a trans-shipment port but also as an energy port for reliable oil supplies to western China and Central Asia,” Aziz said.
He expressed confidence that the forum would steer the long-time allies towards greater cooperation in energy and reinforce their economic partnership.
Aziz said Pakistan intended to expand its economic cooperation with China particularly in manufacturing, information technology, telecommunications, real estate, petroleum, chemicals and infrastructure.
Hu Deping, Chinese minister and first vice chairman of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said political relations between Pakistan and China had reached a new apex.
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