U.S. says nuclear nations nearing deal on India trade

Reuters
Sep 4, 2008

VIENNA: The United States said on Thursday 45 nations were making headway towards agreement on lifting a ban on nuclear trade with India after Washington reworked a draft for the move to ease proliferation fears. But no breakthrough came after an all-day meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and U.S. officials negotiated separately well into the night with NSG holdouts in search of consensus, with further revisions to the draft expected, diplomats said. Washington, racing to finalize a U.S.-Indian atomic energy deal, was trying to clinch a one-time waiver of NSG rules against doing business with states outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) before the two-day NSG plenary ends on Friday.