N-secrets can't be shared with any country: FO

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday declared not to share details of its nuclear programme with any other country while rejecting the concerns at international level about the safety of Islamabads strategic assets.
The details of Pakistans nuclear programme were sacrosanct and could not be shared with any country, said the Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit addressing his weekly press briefing.
He was asked to comment on the report appeared in a US newspaper 'Boston Globe that claimed Pakistan is in the process of sharing information about its nuclear programme with the United States.
He also rejected the concerns at international level about the safety and security of Pakistans strategic assets and said, We have foolproof custodial controls and safety mechanisms for nuclear assets and our system is second to none.
He said, These controls and procedures are as good as that of any other nuclear state.
To a question, Basit said Swat accord was linked with peace in the valley. He said the agreement couldnt be implemented if the militants did not fulfil their part of the accord about laying down arms and restoration of peace.
In his comments on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Washington on Wednesday for transit trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan, he said that under the MoU, agreement would be finalised by the end of the year.
He also rejected the impression that Pakistan had granted concessions to India by signing the MoU with Afghanistan to conclude the new transit trade agreement.
He said, I dont know who has given concessions.
Earlier, media reports said that once the new transit trade agreement was concluded, it would allow India to use the route between the Wagah land border and Pakistans Khyber tribal region for trade with Afghanistan.
Nonetheless, Basit said the MoU was only related to negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan on devising a new arrangement to replace the existing transit trade agreement.
Pakistans engagement with India for a transit route to Afghanistan is a separate issue and will be discussed bilaterally, he added.
To another question, Basit said the resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the aspirations of Kashmiri people was vital for regional progress, peace and stability.
On Mumbai carnage, he said it would not be possible for Pakistan to carry out credible prosecution of those arrested in the absence of fuller information and evidence.
India shall provide the information in one go rather in instalments. Pakistan is very serious to bring perpetrators of the crime to justice, he said.
To a query on President Asif Zardaris ongoing visit to the US, Basit said the President, in the remaining part of his trip, would have interaction with media and would also meet with Senators Kerry and Logar along with other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington.
He said that on his way back, the President would visit UK and meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The issue of Pakistani students would come up for discussion and the President would focus on preventing the deportation of Pakistani students presently under detention, he added.
He further said that Pakistan was committed to provide legal assistance to the students so that they could continue their education in the United Kingdom.
Answering another question, he said Pakistan was pursuing the issue of Dr Aafia Siddiqui both on the political and legal fronts.
Pakistan has asked Obama administration to reconsider the case on humanitarian grounds, he said.