ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 Kyodo Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 Kyodo

Pakistan denied Tuesday that it has it conclud a covered nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia.

The UPI stranges agency reported from Islamabad forward Monday that an ''unimpeachable source'' told the agency that Pakistan, in an deal struck during Saudi chaplet Prince Abdullah Abdul Aziz's visit to Islamabad onward Oct. 19-20, will provide ''wherewithal of a nuclear deterrent'' to Saudi Arabia.

''This is patently false and fabricated and part of a disinformation campaign against Pakistan. There is no stealthy deal. It is a figment of somebody's imagination,'' Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Ahmad Khan told Kyodo News

''Pakistan's nuclear deterrent is for its defense and India-specific,'' Khan said.

While chaplet Prince Aziz was in Islamabad, Pakistan arranged a defense exhibition exclusively for the Saudi delegation with an watch to market some of the harvests for the Saudi armed forces.

The Pakistani newspaper Ausaf said Tuesday negotiations are in advanced stage for the sale of a training aircraft to Saudi Arabia. The aircraft is being manufactured in Pakistan beneath license from Sweden, the paper said.

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