| WASHINGTON: Pakistan has offered its atomic fuel services to the world. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani made the public offer in a statement of his country's commitments presented at US President Barack Obama's two-day summit on nuclear security. The written statement was distributed on Tuesday. "As a country with advanced fuel capability, Pakistan is in a position to provide nuclear fuel cycle services under IAEA (UN International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards, and to participate in any non-discriminatory nuclear fuel cycle assurance mechanism," Gilani's statement said. Gilani said that Pakistan "is strongly committed to nuclear security." He added that Pakistan "would continue to refine and modernize its technical and human resources and mechanisms on safety and security of nuclear weapons, nuclear materials, facilities and assets." "Pakistan has maintained the highest standards for non-proliferation," he added. "When problems surfaced we addressed them definitively and kept the international community informed." Gilani told delegates there was nothing to worry about. "Today a robust command and control system is in place, which protects our strategic assets against theft, diversion, and accidental or unauthorized use," he said. | ||