India and US in Last-Ditch Efforts to Revive N-Deal
The Daily Times
May 2, 2008
NEW DELHI: India and the United States are trying to revive the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, which observers here are labelling “dead”. While the US recently termed the deal too “critically important” to be labelled dead, Indian government said it would continue to build a “broad national consensus”. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed the hope that outstanding issues regarding the agreement would be resolved and the nuclear deal with several other countries would be made. “We hope to resolve this soon and implement various agreements on civil nuclear co-operation,” he told a business conference in the Indian capital. Mukherjee said the international landscape was undergoing “dramatic changes”, adding that no great power could pursue exclusive co-operation with other countries or ask India to limit ties with others. In an apparent reference to Left parties’ opposition to closer ties with the US, he said, “...indeed increased co-operation with one power opens the doors further with others.”
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