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| Singh briefs Bush on nuclear deal |
| Indian PM Manmohan Singh has spoken to US President George W Bush about difficulties over a nuclear deal with the US, a government statement said
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| INDIA
, 16-October-2007
2:57:13 AM |
| Differences between the Congress-led government and its allies over the deal led to speculation about early polls.
Communist allies say the deal, which will allow India access to civilian nuclear technology and fuel, gives the US leverage on India's foreign policy.
The government appears to have backtracked in face of the opposition.
Mr Singh, who is now on an official visit to Africa, called Mr Bush and discussed the nuclear deal, among other things, according to a government release.
"The prime minister explained to President Bush that certain difficulties have arisen with respect to the operationalisation of the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement," the release said.
Mr Singh said last week that the nuclear agreement was "an honourable deal that is good for India and good for the world".
He said if the deal did not come through, he would be disappointed.
"One has to live with certain disappointments. We are not a one-issue government. The deal not coming through is not the end of life," he added.
He said: "The government is trying to reconcile the divergent points of view on the issue within the ruling coalition."
The deal has also been criticised by many outside India.
Under the landmark nuclear deal, India is allowed to reprocess spent nuclear fuel - something that is seen as a major concession and opposed by some members of the US Congress as India has not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
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