ISLAMABAD: Rafael Mariano Grossi Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Pakistan from February 15-16 to visit sites employing nuclear technology.

During his two-day visit, DG IAEA will hold high level meetings and undertake visits to different institutions employing nuclear technology in fields of health, agriculture, industry and power generation, Foreign Office said in statement. Visit will provide an opportunity to Pakistan and IAEA to explore avenues for further strengthening their ongoing cooperation in area of peaceful applications of nuclear technology for socio-economic development of country, statement added. Pakistan is founding member of agency since 1957 and enjoys longstanding and mutually beneficial collaboration with IAEA.

Earlier, group of UN Disarmament Fellows comprising officers from 24 countries, visited Pakistan from October 8 to 10 as part of their international study tour under auspices of UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.

During visit, they received briefing on Pakistan’s perspective on arms control, disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as well as imperative of unhindered access to dual-use technologies for peaceful socio-economic applications, said an official statement issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 15 2023

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