Gareth Evans slams Indo-US nuclear deal

Betwa Sharma
United Nations, Jan 26 (PTI) Australia's
non-proliferation envoy Gareth Evans has slammed the landmark
Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it was a major hurdle in the goal
of a nuclear free world.

"Everybody knows that from India's point of view it
was a brilliant success but from the point of view of
non-proliferation objectives it wasn't as helpful as it could
have been," Evans told journalists here.
Evans, who is the co-chair of International Commission
for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament - a joint
initiative of the governments of Japan and Australia, was
speaking after presenting a report called 'Eliminating Nuclear
Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers.'
One of the contributors for the report is former
National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra.
Evans noted that that main fault with the Indo-US
nuclear deal was that the commitments made by the Indian
governments were insufficient and set a bad precedent.
"It was a very bad deal from the point of view of
non-proliferation and the kinds of principles that most of us
are committed to simply because it did not demand enough of
the Indian government in terms of issues such as non
production of fissile material or even non resumption of
testing," he said. MORE PTI BS
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