By Ek Madra
Saturday October 3, 2009
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Reuters) - Japan said on Saturday it had been assured by military-ruled Myanmar that it was not developing nuclear weapons even though it was working with Russia on a nuclear energy programme.
"(Nyan Win) told Japan's foreign minister that Myanmar has no intention to have a nuclear weapon," Japan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama told reporters on the sidelines of a Mekong-Japan ministerial meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Kazuo did not say if the issue of any nuclear links with
Academic researchers said in August
The defectors also said
The isolated country has been under Western sanctions for two decades and analysts say a nuclearised
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a security forum in
In reference to ties between
However, many analysts have said evidence of attempts to develop nuclear weapons is scant and have questioned the reliability of the defectors' information.
(Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Alison Williams)
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