巴基斯坦提議印度暫停核試驗

ISLAMABAD: As a verbal duel between Pakistan and India heats up in the backdrop of escalation of violence in the disputed region of Kashmir, Islamabad on Tuesday renewed its proposal for a bilateral agreement for a moratorium on testing of nuclear devices.

伊斯蘭堡：在克什米爾爭議地區的衝突升級讓印巴兩國的口水戰愈演愈烈之際，巴基斯坦週二重新提議兩國簽訂雙邊協議以停止核試驗。

The bilateral arrangement will send a positive signal to the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which are currently discussing non-proliferation commitments of non-NPT states in relation to the question of membership, Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakria said in a statement.

巴基斯坦外交部發言人Nafees Zakria在一份聲明中說道，雙邊協議將給核供應國集團成員發去積極信號，目前該集團成員正在談論未加入《不擴散核武器條約》國家加入該條約所需作出的核不擴散承諾。

Pakistan and India both seek a membership of the NSG and have already voluntarily declared that they will not conduct more nuclear tests. But Zakria said the unilateral moratoriums declared by the two countries were legally non-binding and could be withdrawn unilaterally.

巴基斯坦和印度都尋求加入核供應國集團，並且雙方都已經自願宣佈不會進行更多的核試驗。但是Zakria稱如果兩國只是單邊的宣佈暫停核試驗，那麼在法律上是沒有約束性的，而且可以單方面取消。

“A bilateral arrangement will be mutually binding and difficult to withdraw unilaterally,” he added.

他補充道：“只有簽訂雙邊協議才能互相約束，而且無法輕易的進行單方面取消。”

The spokesperson said that following the nuclear tests in 1998, Pakistan had offered India simultaneous adherence to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The proposal did not elicit a favourable response from India, he regretted.

這位發言人稱在1998年的核測試之後，巴基斯坦向印度提議共同遵守《全面禁止核試驗條約》。但是這個提議並沒有獲得印度方面的積極響應，他遺憾的說道。