China to help Pakistan build nuke reactors

New Delhi: The US might not be willing, but Pakistan's old friend and strategic ally, China has agreed to help it build two more nuclear reactors.

Top officials said that was this part of China's efforts to improve civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

An agreement to this effect was signed in Beijing during the course of the first visit of the new Pakistan President ,Asif Ali Zardari, to China that concluded on Friday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

However, Pakistan has not been able to swing a deal like the one between India and the US.

Meanwhile, China has spoken out against the discrimanatory nature of that Indo-US Nuclear Deal, saying Pakistan should not be left out.