ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan said China will help build two more nuclear power plants in the energy-starved Muslim nation, tightening its bonds with Beijing as rising militant violence strains its anti-terror alliance with the United States. The nuclear agreement was among a dozen economic cooperation accords signed during President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent visit to Beijing, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday. While Qureshi gave few details, enhanced cooperation with China will likely help ease Pakistan’s resentment of a recent deal allowing U.S. businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to neighboring archrival India.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
China to help build two Pakistan nuclear plants
By The Associated Press
October 18, 2008