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International inspectors visits Pakistan fertilizer plant
IRNA -- A three-member team of international inspectors visited a fertilizer factory in Karachi on Tuesday to verify that it is not producing chemical weapons, a Foreign Office official said.
"Whoa! What's that smell? Smells like..."
"Fertilizer."
"Thank God! I thought it was Baluchi cooking!" |
"This is absolutely a routine check. Pakistan allowed them to come here because we have nothing to hide," Foreign Ministry official Tipu Sultan told reporters at the Fauji Jordan Fertilizer plant in the port city of Karachi.
Security was tight for the team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as several religious, political parties criticized the inspection and some described it similar to that of Iraq. But the Foreign office official Sultan said it is not fair judgement to match them to the U.N. inspections in Iraq. "This inspection will benefit Pakistan by endorsing its credibility as a member state of the Chemical Weapons Convention," Sultan said.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-30 |
