Thursday, March 4, 2010
India, Pakistan hold formal talks
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan met Feb. 25 for their first formal talks since the deadly siege on Mumbai in 2008.
Officials described the session as a cautious step in restoring trust between the two nations, who promised only that they would keep in touch, while agreeing that much mutual suspicion remains.
Neither side gave a date for a follow-up meeting after Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir for more than three hours in a former palace amid the heavily guarded seat of government.
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Officials described the session as a cautious step in restoring trust between the two nations, who promised only that they would keep in touch, while agreeing that much mutual suspicion remains.
Neither side gave a date for a follow-up meeting after Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir for more than three hours in a former palace amid the heavily guarded seat of government.
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Labels: formal talks, india, nuclear, pakistan, session
Friday, June 5, 2009
India, Canada on brink of signing nuclear deal
A nuclear cooperation agreement with India is close to a done deal, Day, Canada's minster for international trade. A deal would open up the potentially massive market for nuclear materials trade between the two countries.
Canada had stopped nuclear cooperation with India after New Delhi's 1974 nuclear tests. But Ottawa has been trying to fast-track a nuclear deal with New Delhi following the passage of the U.S.-India nuclear deal and the international community clearing nuclear trade with India last A nuclear cooperation agreement with India is close to a done deal, according Stockwell September.
"We're very close to having an agreement with India related to the civilian use of nuclear energy for the purpose of helping them meet their energy needs,"Day told The Canadian Press on May 27.
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Canada had stopped nuclear cooperation with India after New Delhi's 1974 nuclear tests. But Ottawa has been trying to fast-track a nuclear deal with New Delhi following the passage of the U.S.-India nuclear deal and the international community clearing nuclear trade with India last A nuclear cooperation agreement with India is close to a done deal, according Stockwell September.
"We're very close to having an agreement with India related to the civilian use of nuclear energy for the purpose of helping them meet their energy needs,"Day told The Canadian Press on May 27.
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Labels: Canada, civilian, energy, india, nuclear, nuclear agreement, nuclear deal, nuclear materiasl, signing nuclear deal
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