CRO FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS

( Editorial: --> 7471 ) ZAGREB, May 29 (Hina) - The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Friday condemned the Pakistani decision to conduct nuclear tests and called on the country's government to stop all nuclear weapon activities and stop the nuclear arms race. The Ministry issued a statement in which it regrets the Pakistani decision on nuclear tests and expresses concern "about the negative consequences of this action in regards to the regional and global stability, and the credibility of the overall nuclear non- proliferation regime." The Croatian Foreign Ministry appealed to the Pakistani government, as it did to the Indian government recently, also in relation to nuclear tests, to stop all nuclear weapon activities and prevent the growing nuclear arms race in the region. "We urge the Pakistani Government to join the vast majority of the states in acceding to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and to, thereby, work for the world free of nuclear threat", the statement concluded. (hina) ha 291308 MET may 98