SOURCE:- NDTV.com: INDIA JOINS NUCLEAR CLUB, GETS NSG WAIVER
India joins nuclear club, gets NSG waiver
NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, September 06, 2008, (New Delhi, Vienna)
There's good news coming in from Vienna, Indo-US nuclear deal has finally crossed the NSG hurdle.
Earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Shicshankar Menon in New Delhi after two days of talks failed to break a deadlock in the Nuclear Suppliers' Group over granting a clean waiver to India.
On Saturday, NSG members are expected to reconvene in Vienna again after two rounds of talks failed to yield any result. On Friday, the group ended 17 hours of negotiations without a decision.
Sources have told NDTV that the Americans were holding talks in separate rooms with the hold out countries.
On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee had issued fresh statement on India's commitment to non-proliferation.
Sources have told NDTV that no revised draft has been prepared yet but the amendments proposed by problem countries are 'killer amendments', like on testing.
The Prime Minister himself is monitoring every move in Vienna, but he is not getting involved directly in the talk process. As per sources, the Prime Minister's Office expects the Americans to persuade the dissenting countries.
SOURCE:- NSG MEET APPROVES N-WAIVER FOR INDIA
NSG MEET APPROVES N-WAIVER FOR INDIA
CNN-IBN
TimePublished on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 15:57, Updated on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 16:23 in Nation section
Vienna/New Delhi: The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has approved a US plan to engage in nuclear trade with India. Following the green signal by the NSG that will cement the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal, India has finally come out of the 34-year old nuclear apartheid.
The approval came after almost three days of meeting in Vienna on Saturday. The NSG meet was called to minimise any damage to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which India has not joined.
The consensus was arrived after overcoming misgivings expressed by Austria, Ireland and New Zealand.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan confirmed to CNN-IBN that waiver has been clinched in Vienna.
However, the nuclear deal still needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it could take force. The Congress must act before adjourning in late September for US Presidential elections.
If that does not happen then the deal could be left to an uncertain fate under a new US administration that takes office next year.
Former Indian foreign secretary and former ambassador to the US, Lalit Mansingh hailed it as a major victory for India.
"It's a significant victory for India and a milestone in nuclear equity. India did the right thing by standing firm and highlighting its red lines. Now 34 years of nuclear apartheid is finally over. But there is still one more hurdle to overcome which is the US congress. If this were a marathon, I would day we have won the silver medal. We’ll hopefully win the gold medal by the end of this year," Mansingh said.
India joins nuclear club, gets NSG waiver
NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, September 06, 2008, (New Delhi, Vienna)
There's good news coming in from Vienna, Indo-US nuclear deal has finally crossed the NSG hurdle.
Earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Shicshankar Menon in New Delhi after two days of talks failed to break a deadlock in the Nuclear Suppliers' Group over granting a clean waiver to India.
On Saturday, NSG members are expected to reconvene in Vienna again after two rounds of talks failed to yield any result. On Friday, the group ended 17 hours of negotiations without a decision.
Sources have told NDTV that the Americans were holding talks in separate rooms with the hold out countries.
On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee had issued fresh statement on India's commitment to non-proliferation.
Sources have told NDTV that no revised draft has been prepared yet but the amendments proposed by problem countries are 'killer amendments', like on testing.
The Prime Minister himself is monitoring every move in Vienna, but he is not getting involved directly in the talk process. As per sources, the Prime Minister's Office expects the Americans to persuade the dissenting countries.
SOURCE:- NSG MEET APPROVES N-WAIVER FOR INDIA
NSG MEET APPROVES N-WAIVER FOR INDIA
CNN-IBN
TimePublished on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 15:57, Updated on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 16:23 in Nation section
Vienna/New Delhi: The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has approved a US plan to engage in nuclear trade with India. Following the green signal by the NSG that will cement the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal, India has finally come out of the 34-year old nuclear apartheid.
The approval came after almost three days of meeting in Vienna on Saturday. The NSG meet was called to minimise any damage to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which India has not joined.
The consensus was arrived after overcoming misgivings expressed by Austria, Ireland and New Zealand.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan confirmed to CNN-IBN that waiver has been clinched in Vienna.
However, the nuclear deal still needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it could take force. The Congress must act before adjourning in late September for US Presidential elections.
If that does not happen then the deal could be left to an uncertain fate under a new US administration that takes office next year.
Former Indian foreign secretary and former ambassador to the US, Lalit Mansingh hailed it as a major victory for India.
"It's a significant victory for India and a milestone in nuclear equity. India did the right thing by standing firm and highlighting its red lines. Now 34 years of nuclear apartheid is finally over. But there is still one more hurdle to overcome which is the US congress. If this were a marathon, I would day we have won the silver medal. We’ll hopefully win the gold medal by the end of this year," Mansingh said.
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