APPENDIX 15
Note from the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office to the Committees on Arms Sales to Pakistan
There has been no change to our policy of considering
export licence applications for Pakistan on a case-by-case basis
against our national criteria and those in the EU Code of Conduct
for Arms Exports, and in the light of the statement made to the
House by the Foreign Secretary following the Pakistani and Indian
nuclear tests. (Official Report of 10 July 1998, Columns 687-688).
Applications for export licences can take some
time to process, especially if the situation in the country concerned
is fluid. The coup in Pakistan on 12 October created many uncertainties,
and, in the circumstances, it is right for the Government to take
the time necessary to assess the new regime's behaviour and intentions
before deciding on outstanding export licence applications.
18 January 2000
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