ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A top Pakistani official Tuesday started a five-day visit to Belarus and Kazakhstan to seek support for the country's move to seek membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), officials said Tuesday.
The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi, is undertaking the Aug. 23-27 visits as Special Envoy of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
"The objective of the visits is to seek the two friendly countries' support for Pakistan's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)," the Foreign Ministry said.
The Nuclear Suppliers Group is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports, the NSG website says.
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