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STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE



NEWS RELEASE


Ottawa, May 28, 1998 - Bill Graham, M.P., Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade announces that earlier today the Committee adopted the following resolution strongly condemning the actions of the Government of Pakistan in conducting nuclear explosions as well as the earlier nuclear tests by India:

It was agreed, --That whereas the Government of Pakistan has taken the deeply regrettable step of exploding nuclear devices, notwithstanding the strong representations made by Canada and other countries for Pakistan to exercise restraint;

Whereas this unfortunate action introduces an extremely dangerous new dynamic that threatens to destroy progress on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and puts at risk global peace and security,

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade strongly condemns the action of the Government of Pakistan in conducting nuclear explosions, as well as the earlier nuclear tests by India, and urges the Government of Canada to respond rapidly in the firmest possible terms in order to arrest this dangerous escalation and preserve Canada’s strongly-held objectives on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

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