India wants Sino-Pak N-deal to meet international safeguards

V S Chandrasekar
Toronto, Jun 26 (PTI) Notwithstanding the diplomatic
reservations expressed by it, India appears reconciled to the
fact that Pakistan will ultimately get two additional nuclear
reactors from China for its Chashma facility but it only wants
the agreement to be transparent and under international
safeguards.
New Delhi has conveyed to the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) its concerns that there should be no dilution of the
conditions India was subjected to when the NSG gave its
exemption when the Indo-US civil nuclear deal went through.
Official sources said the NSG meeting in New Zealand
on Friday does not appear so far to have cleared the Sino-Pak
nuclear deal.
"They have not taken any decision. It is still under
consideration and discussion," the sources said referring to
reports about the Chinese plans to set up two additional
reactors in Chashma atomic project in Pakistan.
They welcomed the NSG's Christchurch statement that
the Group took note of the briefings on developments
concerning non-NSG states and that it agreed on the value of
ongoing "consultation and transparency".
India feels that the Chinese may have "obviously
presented" their case to the NSG on its proposal for Pakistan.
The Chinese maintain the two additional reactors are
also covered in the earlier agreement "grandfathered" by them
a few years ago. (MORE) PTI VSC
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