Reflections on Pokhran II

Over at Verification, there is a series of posts commemorating the tenth anniversary of India and Pakistan's test series. Well worth checking out.

Here is a link to our Special Report on the events.

Labels: India, Nuclear Test, Pakistan, Pokhran

New Doubts for U.S.-India Nuclear Deal

[Sorry for all the posts, but I been busy with the 'real' job.]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised new doubts about a nuclear trade deal with the United States, telling President Bush by telephone on Monday night that his government was having "certain difficulties" finalizing it. The agreement is bitterly opposed by Mr. Singh's left-wing allies in Parliament, who maintain his government's majority there and argue against closer ties to the United States. [via New York Times]

Labels: India, US

U.S., India Finalize Nuclear Deal

The United States and India agreed to terms Friday for their nuclear trade deal, Agence France-Presse reported.

"The agreement has been finalized but it awaits review by both governments," said Rahul Chhabra, a spokesman for the Indian Embassy in Washington, said following high-level talks here last week on the implementation agreement for the deal.  The talks were extended into Friday as officials made headway through disputes that had stalled the agreement over the past several months.

India under the pact would have access to U.S. nuclear fuel and technology, in exchange for opening its civilian nuclear sites to international monitoring.

The deal would have to be approved by lawmakers in both countries, along with the international Nuclear Suppliers Group. [via Nuclear Threat Initiative]

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U.S.-Indian Nuclear Talks Produce No Deal

U.S.-Indian talks last week failed "to bridge the remaining gaps" between the nations’ efforts to conclude a nuclear trade agreement, an Indian spokesman said.

Technical experts from both countries met Monday and Tuesday in London to discuss solutions to the impasse that has stalled a U.S. effort to sell nuclear technology and materials to India. Indian officials have objected to some of the nuclear nonproliferation measures contained in a U.S. law enabling the deal.

Labels: India, Non Proliferation, Nuclear Trade Agreement