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'NSG move brings India closer to integration with nuke trade'
Washington, Jun 25 (PTI) The US has said that the Nuclear
Suppliers Group's decision to approve a set of new guidelines
on sensitive nuclear trade has brought India closer to its
integration with global atomic commerce.
"We were very pleased with this particular meeting of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group. With regard to the Indian
relationship to the group, I think we believe that we did make
some progress in bringing India closer, and that conversation
will continue," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland
said at her daily news conference yesterday.
"We feel that the Nuclear Suppliers Group made some
progress this time in bringing India closer," Nuland said.
On Thursday, the White House had welcomed the new set of
guidelines on sensitive nuclear trade approved by the
46-nation NSG.
"This Administration remains committed to ensuring that
nations in good standing can have access to peaceful nuclear
energy without increasing the risks of nuclear weapons
proliferation," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had
said.
This latest step, coupled with the agreement last
December to establish an International Atomic Energy Agency
nuclear fuel bank, advances the US President's nuclear agenda
laid out in Prague in 2009, the White House said.
"It further demonstrates the clear determination of
nations to strengthen the international non-proliferation
regime and build new frameworks for civil nuclear
cooperation," Carney said.
Carney said the United States welcomes the decision of
the NSG to approve new guidelines covering transfers of
sensitive nuclear technologies used for the enrichment of
uranium or the processing of spent nuclear fuel, he said.
This decision establishes agreed criteria that allowed
transfers only to those nations that are in compliance with
their non-proliferation obligations and that meet agreed
standards for nuclear safeguards, safety and security, the
White House press secretary said.
In a separate statement, Nuland said the US fully
supports the "clean" NSG exception for India and speedy
implementation of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
between the two countries. PTI LKJ
KAP
Suppliers Group's decision to approve a set of new guidelines
on sensitive nuclear trade has brought India closer to its
integration with global atomic commerce.
"We were very pleased with this particular meeting of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group. With regard to the Indian
relationship to the group, I think we believe that we did make
some progress in bringing India closer, and that conversation
will continue," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland
said at her daily news conference yesterday.
"We feel that the Nuclear Suppliers Group made some
progress this time in bringing India closer," Nuland said.
On Thursday, the White House had welcomed the new set of
guidelines on sensitive nuclear trade approved by the
46-nation NSG.
"This Administration remains committed to ensuring that
nations in good standing can have access to peaceful nuclear
energy without increasing the risks of nuclear weapons
proliferation," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had
said.
This latest step, coupled with the agreement last
December to establish an International Atomic Energy Agency
nuclear fuel bank, advances the US President's nuclear agenda
laid out in Prague in 2009, the White House said.
"It further demonstrates the clear determination of
nations to strengthen the international non-proliferation
regime and build new frameworks for civil nuclear
cooperation," Carney said.
Carney said the United States welcomes the decision of
the NSG to approve new guidelines covering transfers of
sensitive nuclear technologies used for the enrichment of
uranium or the processing of spent nuclear fuel, he said.
This decision establishes agreed criteria that allowed
transfers only to those nations that are in compliance with
their non-proliferation obligations and that meet agreed
standards for nuclear safeguards, safety and security, the
White House press secretary said.
In a separate statement, Nuland said the US fully
supports the "clean" NSG exception for India and speedy
implementation of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
between the two countries. PTI LKJ
KAP
