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| It is not now or never for nuke dea |
| The controversial Indo-US civil nuclear deal has not reached the point of ''now or never'', the White House said
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 26-March-2008
10:51:40 AM |
| The controversial Indo-US civil nuclear deal has not reached the point of ''now or never'', the White House said after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's talks with US President George W Bush in Washington.
''We have a little bit of time before we say now or never. We have got several months to continue to work with them (India),'' White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.
Wrapping up his two-day visit, Mukherjee, who had a 35-minute meeting with Bush and held talks with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on Monday, said UPA government is ''interested'' in pursuing the Indo-US civil nuclear deal and that it was aware of the July timeline suggested by members of the US Congress.
''There are some issues that are yet to be resolved. Unless those issues are resolved, it would be difficult for us to fix any particular time frame,'' he told a press conference in Washington on Tuesday.
He explained the difficulties of moving forward on the deal without a political consensus.
''At this juncture, it is difficult for me to indicate any time frame by which we will be able to complete the process. We have some problems in the domestic field particularly among our supporters of the coalition government, which we are heading,'' Mukherjee said before flying to London on his way back to India, adding, ''we are trying to resolve that issue but it might take some more time.''
Asked if the UPA was ready to sacrifice the government for the deal if no consensus emerged, the minister said, ''it is not a question of sacrificing either the government or the deal
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