China is set to ink an agreement with the UN atomic watchdog to firm up cooperation in training and nuclear safety in East Asia and the world during the ongoing visit of its chief Yukiya Amano, in the backdrop of its plans to construct two new nuclear reactors in Pakistan.
It is not clear, however, whether the agreement would make any reference to the proposed two new nuclear reactors China wants to construct for Pakistan. China and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will boost cooperation in personnel training and nuclear safety in East Asia and across the world, according to a draft of the agreement, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The agreement with IAEA is significant as China has been maintaining consistently that its cooperation with Pakistan concerning the civil nuclear technology is for peaceful purposes and being carried out under the safeguards and supervision of the IAEA.
In June this year, the state media here reported that China would go ahead with its plans to construct two 750 MW nuclear reactors for Pakistan, in addition to the two at Chashma in Pakistan's Punjab province, ignoring concerns raised by India and the United States. China so far has not informed the 46 member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),
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