|
Help | |
You are here: Rediff Home » India » News »
PTI >
Report |
|
Related Articles | ||
Indo-US N-deal: Coverage Page
| ||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Advertisement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Asking the Indian government to take a "courageous" decision on the civil nuclear deal considering the "short timelines", the Bush administration has cautioned it against attempting such an arrangement with other nations ignoring the
"We now are in the vanguard. We're the leading country that will support the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in making an international case that all nations should engage in nuclear trade with
"The Indian Government is not suggesting this, but in your worst-case scenario, if there was an attempt to say 'well, we're going to forget about the deal with the
Amid reports that
Stressing that the timelines were "short" to firm up the deal, Burns said: "I think the Indian Government is quite sincere in wanting to push this agreement forward. There's obviously a question of politics within the coalition, and we don't want to interfere in internal affairs to the coalition in
"But we do know this, as Senator (Joseph) Biden said last week and I think as Secretary Gates said when he was in India two days ago: time is very short," Biden said.
The top US official said: "Senator Biden had explained that for the US Congress to make a final vote on this issue in 2008, the entire agreement must land on the doorstep of the Congress by May or June of this year.
"If you back up from there, that means that the IAEA agreement must be made within a week or two, and it means the NSG would have to begin acting in the month of March. So there are very short timelines here, and I'm afraid it's time for the government to decide," he said.
Stating that the deal was "in the interest of both the
a courageous decision made by the government to move forward. We hope that decision will be positive".
At a briefing at the Washington Press Centre, Burns highlighted the role of
"
"The
© Copyright 2008 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent. |
Email this Article Print this Article |
|
© 2008 Rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer | Feedback |