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U.S. Might Continue Talks on Indian Nuclear Technology Sharing Deal Before Bush Visit
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns might again travel to India before President George W. Bush’s scheduled visit next month to discuss the planned U.S.-Indian nuclear technology sharing agreement, Reuters reported (see GSN, Feb. 9). Objections about the requirement that India separate its civilian and nuclear facilities have developed within New Delhi’s nuclear establishment. Burns, who is leading the U.S. negotiating effort, has talked with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about making another trip, possibly within a week, a State Department official said. “I think that's just the judgment that he and she have to make — is this the right time for him to go,” the official said. A second U.S. official said it was “doubtful” that all of the issues surrounding the agreement would be resolved by the time Bush arrives in India (Reuters, Feb. 10). Meanwhile, France has begun pressuring India to allow for more international oversight of its nuclear facilities as those nations work on a nuclear agreement, Agence France-Presse reported. “Clearly, from the overall political point of view, we have preoccupations which are similar to those of the U.S.,” French Ambassador Dominique Girard said in an interview with the Press Trust of India. “Clearly, India has to make some proposals, some efforts acceptable to us, to the Americans and all the other Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries,” Girard said. “There are some compromises which have to be made by India,” he added. However, Girard warned that a lack of consensus within the Nuclear Suppliers Group could place the deal “on hold” (Agence France-Presse/InteractiveInvestor.com, Feb. 11).
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