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| IBSA to team up in nuclear field |
| Foreign Ministers of Brazil, India, and South Africa - Celso Amorim (left), Pranab Mukherjee, and N. C. Dlamini-Zuma - with Prime Minister Manmohan
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| INDIA
, 18-July-2007
1:4:36 AM |
| Brazil and South Africa, as members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), have resolved to explore ways for cooperation with India in the civil nuclear field through “acceptable forward-looking approaches.”
The support comes at a time when India may have to approach the NSG seeking changes in its guidelines to enable it commence trade in the nuclear sector with signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This hinges on India signing the 123 agreement with the U.S. The subject is now being negotiated by a high-level team in Washington.
Reiterating that any multilateral decision on nuclear fuel cycle did not undermine the “inalienable right of states to pursue nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in conformity with their international legal obligations,” the Foreign Ministers of the three countries at a meeting on Tuesday called for a diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue.
They noted their “positive continuing cooperation” at the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) and other fora to ensure the development of peaceful uses of atomic energy through supply of technology, equipment and material under appropriate safeguards and “reaffirmed their will to intensify such cooperation.”
The decision to undertake trilateral cooperation in civil nuclear field follows the support of the two countries to India in its efforts to open up avenues in this area at the maiden India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) summit in Brasilia last year.
At a press conference after the meeting, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the NSG would take a view after the conclusion of the 123 agreement with the U.S. Civil nuclear cooperation was emerging as a priority area for cooperation among the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) grouping, he said.
Mr. Mukherjee’s counterparts from Brazil and South Africa, Celso Amorim and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, were present at the news conference.
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