India and US to go ahead with the nuclear deal: Clinton

Betwa Sharma

New York, Sep 26 (PTI) The United States Saturday said
India's position on non-proliferation and Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) will not impact the nuclear deal between the
two countries and expressed hope to move forward with the
landmark agreement.

"We've said before that the resolution that was passed
on Thursday unanimously by the Security Council does not have
any bearing on our bilateral civil nuclear cooperation,"
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert
Blake said.

Blake was briefing journalists after a bilateral
meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and India's
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna here.

The UNSC had adopted a resolution seeking all non
Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatories to join the
treaty but India, which views it as discriminatory, refused to
accept it.

The senior US official said that discussion between
Krishna and Clinton also included cooperation between India
and the US on higher education, referring to Indian Lok Sabha
bill that will enable more foreign participation in the higher
education sector.

"There are a number of American universities who are very
eager to do more. So we’re very excited about that as well,"
he said. MORE PTI