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U.S, India Continue Work on Nuclear Agreement
Indian and U.S. officials are meeting today in New Delhi in hopes of ironing out details of a nuclear technology sharing agreement between the two countries before U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in India next week, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Feb. 23). U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran are expected to discuss the specifics of the deal after an “informal exchange of views” yesterday, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry. Bush, in an interview with the Times of India published yesterday, reiterated that India must separate military and civilian nuclear facilities if the deal is to move forward. “First things first is to go to India and hopefully reach an agreement on separation, then bring that agreement back and start selling it to Congress,” he said. “We can’t bring anything back until we’ve agreed to the agreement.” The Nuclear Suppliers Group and the U.S. Congress must approve the deal (Tripti Lahiri, Agence France-Presse/Garavi Gujarat, Feb, 24). The president also said Wednesday that he believes India has operated its nuclear program responsibly by not allowing weapons proliferation. “I do” believe India is responsible, Bush said, “particularly when they signed the IAEA safeguards, and they have a separation between their military and their civilian nuclear parts of their government” (Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, Feb. 23).
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