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NSG meet inconclusive; to be re-convened on Sept 4
Vienna, Aug 22 (PTI) The crucial two-day meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (N.S.G.) to consider whether to allow India to conduct civil nuclear trade ended inconclusively Friday and the grouping is expected to be convened again onSeptember 4 to take a final decision.
After intense deliberations over the move that will end India's 34-year-old isolation in the civil nuclear commerce,diplomats said no final decision could be arrived at.
Further discussions will be required for which the NSG isexpected to be convened again on September 4 and 5, they said.
"The meeting was positive... Many delegates raised some questions and the US is pleased (with that). I remain optimistic and we will continue to make progress," John Rood, leader of the US delegation at the N.S.G. meet told reportersafter the two-day discussions.
"The N.S.G. will meet again in the near future to work onthese constructive discussions," he said.
The discussions remained inconclusive as some members raised questions over the move to grant waiver to India since it is not a signatory to the Non Proliferation Treaty(N.P.T.).
Indications that the decision could be delayed emerged during the day when US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said in Mumbai that some amendments would be made tothe draft waiver moved at the N.S.G.
The proposals for amendments in the draft were made bysome countries during the deliberations at the two-day meet.
Boucher said some countries had "objections" and "weneed to listen" to them.
"I don't want to lie to you...I can't really lie. There might be some changes that we could accept. But we are pushingfor a clean text", Boucher told reporters in Mumbai.
"The US and India will have to sit together and see what we can accommodate and what we can't. We will have to talk tothe other Governments involved", the US official said.
He did not specify as to what kind of changes would be made in the draft which was finalised after tough negotiations between Washington and New Delhi and was moved by the US atthe NSG meet yesterday.
Boucher, however, said nothing will be done to "impede"the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Sources in Vienna said some changes would be made in the language of the draft and the US will bring it back at thenext N.S.G. meeting.
India has maintained that it was looking forunconditional waiver.
After intense deliberations over the move that will end India's 34-year-old isolation in the civil nuclear commerce,diplomats said no final decision could be arrived at.
Further discussions will be required for which the NSG isexpected to be convened again on September 4 and 5, they said.
"The meeting was positive... Many delegates raised some questions and the US is pleased (with that). I remain optimistic and we will continue to make progress," John Rood, leader of the US delegation at the N.S.G. meet told reportersafter the two-day discussions.
"The N.S.G. will meet again in the near future to work onthese constructive discussions," he said.
The discussions remained inconclusive as some members raised questions over the move to grant waiver to India since it is not a signatory to the Non Proliferation Treaty(N.P.T.).
Indications that the decision could be delayed emerged during the day when US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said in Mumbai that some amendments would be made tothe draft waiver moved at the N.S.G.
The proposals for amendments in the draft were made bysome countries during the deliberations at the two-day meet.
Boucher said some countries had "objections" and "weneed to listen" to them.
"I don't want to lie to you...I can't really lie. There might be some changes that we could accept. But we are pushingfor a clean text", Boucher told reporters in Mumbai.
"The US and India will have to sit together and see what we can accommodate and what we can't. We will have to talk tothe other Governments involved", the US official said.
He did not specify as to what kind of changes would be made in the draft which was finalised after tough negotiations between Washington and New Delhi and was moved by the US atthe NSG meet yesterday.
Boucher, however, said nothing will be done to "impede"the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Sources in Vienna said some changes would be made in the language of the draft and the US will bring it back at thenext N.S.G. meeting.
India has maintained that it was looking forunconditional waiver.
