Russia and the United States no longer see the threat of Pakistani nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists as a mere possibility and have repeatedly discussed the issue, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Trubnikov has said.
"The threat of Pakistani nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is no more purely theoretical due to presence of a large number of extremist groups in Pakistan," Trubnikov said.
"We have a sub-group with the US, which has repeatedly discussed the threat of WMD, not only the nuclear weapons, falling into the hands of terrorists," Trubnikov said.
He said this problem could be solved through the United Nations and the Security Council, as well as by the global anti-terror coalition.
He reminded that Moscow has presented a draft for a UN convention for combating nuclear terrorism and New Delhi has proposed a global convention for combating the scourge.
"India and Russia could actively interact for the adoption of these conventions by the UN," Trubnikov said.
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