The Foreign Office has sought an explanation from Russia after its Senator Igor Morozov reportedly claimed that Pakistan and Ukraine recently held talks for developing nuclear weapons.
\n\u201cWe are surprised by such an unfounded and baseless statement,\u201d said a statement issued late Tuesday night from the office of FO spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed.
\nIndian media quoted a Russian state news agency report as saying that “Ukrainian specialists went to Pakistan and received a delegation from there to discuss technologies and know-how for creating nuclear weapons”.
\nMorozov reportedly made the allegations during a press conference that was “part of the Ukrainian dossier special project”, the report added.
\n“He said that it is not a secret that Ukraine can create a \u2018dirty bomb\u2019 but questioned who are invested in the project,” the report claims.
\nReacting to the allegations, Islamabad said the senator\u2019s reported statement was “without any rationale and entirely inconsistent\u201d with the spirit of Pakistan-Russia relations.
\n\u201cWe are seeking clarification on this from Moscow,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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