Monday, October 26, 2009
Clinton justifies concessions for nuclear India
The Obama administration wants India as its partner in reshaping the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) asserted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was delivering a major policy speech on nuclear non-proliferation at the U.S. Institute of Speech Oct. 21.
Her comments come in the midst of seemingly contradictory stands taken by President Obama on the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement and his calling for complete disarmament, urging the signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Non Proliferation Treaty by non-signatories including India. Secretary Clinton stepped in to square the two, or at least she tried. Whatever `concessions' had been made to India were an expression of confidence in that country, she indicated.
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Her comments come in the midst of seemingly contradictory stands taken by President Obama on the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement and his calling for complete disarmament, urging the signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Non Proliferation Treaty by non-signatories including India. Secretary Clinton stepped in to square the two, or at least she tried. Whatever `concessions' had been made to India were an expression of confidence in that country, she indicated.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
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