China Denies Plan to Aid Pakistan on Nuclear Arms

PEKING —  A Chinese government spokesman Wednesday denied reports that a nuclear cooperation pact recently signed with Pakistan is designed to help Pakistan develop nuclear weapons, saying the accord is for “peaceful uses.”

“The Chinese government has solemnly declared on many occasions that China does not advocate, encourage or engage in nuclear proliferation, and that it does not assist other countries in developing nuclear weapons,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Li Zhaoxing told a weekly press briefing.