India rejects signing NPT

Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (PTI) India Friday ruled out
signing Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), virtually
rejecting the UN Security Council resolution on the issue
adopted at the instance of the US President Barack Obama.

The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on climate change,
Shyam Saran, told reporters that India does not intend to be a
party to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state.

"We are committed to nuclear disarmament and at the
same time we are also committed to unilateral moratorium on
nuclear tests," he told reporters in reply to a question
whether India would sign the treaty in the wake of the UNSC
asking non-NPT states to sign it.

On Thursday, the UNSC unanimously adopted a resolution
at the instance of the US at a meeting presided by President
Obama which asked the non NPT states to sign the treaty. PTI
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