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| India, UN to discuss nuclear deal |
| The Indian government is to hold talks with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, in Vienna on the controversial India-US civil nuclear deal.
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| INDIA
, 21-November-2007
1:11:38 AM |
| It is the next stage in the approval of the agreement which has run into serious domestic opposition in India.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's left-wing allies have opposed the deal, saying it will give the US too much influence over India's foreign policy.
On Monday, they agreed to government talks with the IAEA.
Mr Singh has defended the deal which would allow India access to US nuclear technology and described it as a "landmark".
New life
It has already been pronounced dead and buried by some analysts - victim to domestic political rivalries and brinkmanship.
But Wednesday's talks in Vienna to iron out the wrinkles in the deal, to clarify who would be bound by what, and to explicitly set out the safeguards might just give the deal a new spark of life.
However, do not hold your breath.
India's communist parties say they retain the right to reject the deal even after the IAEA has sifted through it with a fine tooth comb.
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