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Indian PM hopes nuclear talks with IAEA will conclude soon
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog on a pact allowing New Delhi to buy nuclear power plants and technology will be soon completed. Indian negotiators have held several rounds of talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since last month. The IAEA negotiations follow India and the United States signing a pact in 2006 reversing India's status as a nuclear pariah after three decades of international sanctions. "One must recognise that international negotiations do take time," Singh told reporters in New Delhi at a joint press conference with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "Our discussions in the International Atomic Energy Agency are moving forward. It is our sincere hope that they can be concluded successfully without further delay." India, which has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, needs to clear hurdles with the IAEA and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group as part of the landmark nuclear cooperation deal with the United States. The civilian nuclear energy deal -- regarded as Singh's main foreign policy achievement -- is however facing domestic pressure from the government's Communist allies who say the pact comprises India's strategic programme. Sarkozy said he understood India's need to for nuclear power, and pushed France's position as a potential technology supplier. "If we do not let India accede to civilian nuclear energy it will have to go to more polluting means," he said. French nuclear technology was the safest in the world, Sarkozy said, adding France would help India get the IAEA waiver. The French nuclear energy group Areva estimates that India, currently the fourth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, will need 25 to 30 nuclear reactors. As well as the United States and France, Russia is also eyeing fuel-hungry India as a major atomic energy market. In an e-mail interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper published Friday, Sarkozy said India and France were "on the verge" of an agreement to engage in civil nuclear energy cooperation. "The is one of the stakes of my visit in India: to bring to fruition this evolution that I deem essential for India's development and the protection of the global environment," Sarkozy said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Bush pushes US-Turkey nuclear cooperation
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2008President George W. Bush has green-lighted a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Turkey, saying that private-sector proliferation worries have been addressed, the White House said Wednesday. |
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