Canada to Supply India With Nuclear Material

Canada is resuming nuclear cooperation with India after a suspension of more than three decades, the Canadian Press reported today (see GSN, Sept. 22).

Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh yesterday agreed on terms for nuclear safety cooperation, scientific and technical contacts, and transfer of dual-use items for India’s civilian nuclear program.

They agreed to “pursue further opportunities for the development of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,” the Toronto Star reported today.

Canada first placed economic sanctions on India when New Delhi used a Canadian-made reactor in its nuclear weapons program in the early 1970s. Sanctions were reinforced when India and neighboring Pakistan conducted nuclear test explosions in 1998, according to the Canadian Press.

Ottawa remains hopeful that India will sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Pettigrew said (Canadian Press, Sept. 27).

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