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| US Senate passes Indo-US nuclear |
| US Senate passes Indo-US nuclear deal
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-October-2008
1:45:7 AM |
| The US Congress has ratified the 123 Agreement after an overwhelming vote in favour of it in the US Senate.
There were 86 senators who voted in favour of the deal, without amendments that could have killed it. The so called killer amendments required that the 123 be reworded, to unambiguously say that America would stop all nuclear trade with India if another weapon is tested. However, they were shot down.
The Bill will now go to US President George W Bush for it to be signed into law.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected in New Delhi on Friday and along with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, both will most likely hold a formal signing ceremony in New Delhi.
While there is certainly cause for cheer among the deal's supporters because of the vote, the deal is still not without controversy.
Some of the language in the deal is still problematic to India, especially on fuel supply assurances and now India's looking to President Bush's signing statement to override some of them.
India now has two nuclear agreements in its bag, one with the US and the other with France.
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