News Digest
PAKISTAN REJECTS NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR LINK
By empty (10/18/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has described as baseless reports that Pakistan has supplied equipment for North Korea's newly-revealed nuclear programme. General Musharraf said Pakistan stood by its commitment not to proliferate its nuclear technology. But a report in the New York Times newspaper quoted US officials as saying there had been a deal between the two countries.JOINT PAKISTAN-US MILITARY EXERCISES
By empty (10/18/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The commander of the American campaign in Afghanistan, General Tommy Franks, has arrived in Pakistan to watch the first joint military exercises between the two countries in four years. His visit comes a month after senior defense officials met in Pakistan to discuss restoring military ties. This new cooperation clearly stems from Pakistan's help in the war on terror.RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PLANS TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON GEORGIA
By empty (10/18/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking on 18 October at a press conference at Interfax's Moscow office, Foreign Minister Ivanov said Moscow will not impose economic sanctions against Georgia because sanctions are not a tool of Russian diplomacy. Ivanov pointed out that such sanctions would affect primarily the population at large, who "are not responsible for some of the actions of their leaders." He added that there are no "insurmountable" obstacles to improving Russian-Georgian relations, naming as the sole factor that has undermined such good relations in recent years the presence of "international terrorists" on Georgian territory.U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN CONTINUES CENTRAL ASIA TOUR IN UZBEKISTAN
By empty (10/18/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will discuss the situation in neighboring Afghanistan and a proposed treaty to establish a nuclear weapons-free zone in Central Asia as he continued his tour of the region Friday with a visit to Uzbekistan.Visit also
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