Officials working to conclude talks on reprocessing facility

Ajay Kaul
Geneva, Nov 22 (PTI) As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and President Barack Obama prepare to meet in Washington
on Tuesday, Indian and US officials are working hard to
conclude negotiations on the reprocessing facility, a key step
in implementation of the nuclear deal which is in the "last
stretch".

India is expected to give assurance on non-proliferation,
which is a mandatory requirement for the US to give licences
to companies for civil nuclear deal with New Delhi.
These two steps, besides enactment of the Civil Nuclear
Liabilities legislation by India, have been holding up the
implementation of the deal reached last year.
"We are in the last stage, last stretch of the civil
nuclear deal," an Indian government source said, adding that
this would be reflected in the joint statement to be issued
after Singh-Obama talks on Tuesday. (MORE) PTI AKK
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