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U.S. Wants Nuclear Sharing Agreement Obligations Met Before India Receives Russian Nuclear Fuel
The United States wants India to honor obligations of the planned nuclear technology sharing agreement before New Delhi receives nuclear fuel from Russia, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, March 14). “It's OK to supply fuel to India but let's wait until India has taken the steps called for in the joint initiative to bring its program into conformity with [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] standards,” said a State Department official. An Indian Foreign Ministry official said yesterday that Russia had told the Nuclear Suppliers Group that it would supply fuel for India’s Tarapur reactor. “This supply of fuel will enable the plant to continue to operate in safety and provide much-needed electricity to the western power grid of the country,” said spokesman Navtej Sarna. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said that the United States knows that India requires nuclear fuel but that agreement obligations needed first to be met. “We recognize that they have need for fuel, and we think that deals to supply that fuel should move forward on the basis of the joint initiative, on the basis of steps that India will take but has not yet taken,” he said (Agence France-Presse/ChannelNewsAsia.com, March 14).
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