ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to seek support from Belarus and Kazakhstan regarding its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). On the directives of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs,Tariq Fatemi, is currently on an official visit to Belarus and Kazakhstan, from August 23, 2016, to August 27, 2016. The special assistant will hand over letters, written by the prime minister, to President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. In his letters, the prime minister has underscored the need for the NSG to adopt a non-discriminatory approach on the question of the membership for non-NPT (Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) states in order to promote strategic stability in South Asia and further strengthen the global non-proliferation regime. Furthermore, Fatemi will also hold meetings with Belarusian Foreign Minister, Vladimir Makei, Deputy Foreign Minister, Valentin Rybakov and Minister of Industry, Vitali Vovk. In Kazakhstan, he is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister, Erlan Idrissov, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Yerzhan M Ashikbayev.