NSG nod confirms India's impeccable track record: Russia

Moscow, Sep 8 (PTI) Russia Monday said the unanimous
decision of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to grant a waiver to
India confirms New Delhi's impeccable non-proliferation record
and will be a "reliable guarantee" of the peaceful use of
nuclear exports to it.

Moscow was one of the initiators of the Nuclear
Supplier's Group (N.S.G.) decision and actively lobbied for
its adoption, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a
statement.


On the eve of the N.S.G's September 6 decision, National
Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan had called up his Russian
counterpart Nikolai Patrushev to request more hectic lobbying
by Russia amid uncertainty over the waiver which prevailed
till the last moment.

"We are confident that the exception for India confirms
the impeccable track record of New Delhi in non-proliferation
affairs and will be a reliable guarantee of the peaceful use
of nuclear exports to India," the statement said.

Russia is already completing two V.V.E.R.-1000 nuclear
reactors at Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu with
the total capacity of 2000 M.W. and in February last Moscow
and New Delhi have inked an M.o.U. for building four more such
reactors.