Full Nuclear Trade with India Banned by G8
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Sunday, July 12, 2009
NEW DELHI: Less than a year after the Nuclear Suppliers Group waived its export rules to allow the sale of nuclear equipment, fuel and technology to India, the United States has persuaded the G8 to ban the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) items to countries which have not signed the NPT, including India.
Indian daily The Hindu reports that the move, which effectively negates the promise of “full” civil nuclear cooperation lying at the heart of the 2005 India-US nuclear agreement, took the Indian establishment by surprise with officials unaware that the G8 was even adopting such a measure at L’Aquila, Italy. That this was done at a summit in which Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was an invited guest is likely to add insult to injury when the full implications of the latest decision fully sink in.
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NEW DELHI: Less than a year after the Nuclear Suppliers Group waived its export rules to allow the sale of nuclear equipment, fuel and technology to India, the United States has persuaded the G8 to ban the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) items to countries which have not signed the NPT, including India.
Indian daily The Hindu reports that the move, which effectively negates the promise of “full” civil nuclear cooperation lying at the heart of the 2005 India-US nuclear agreement, took the Indian establishment by surprise with officials unaware that the G8 was even adopting such a measure at L’Aquila, Italy. That this was done at a summit in which Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was an invited guest is likely to add insult to injury when the full implications of the latest decision fully sink in.
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Labels: G8, Indian Nukes, Nuclear Supplier Group, Nuclear Weapons
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