AFGHAN-INDIA 2LST

Referring to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Kaur said it
has offered huge opportunity to work for sustainable energy
security.
"As India gears itself for a major expansion of nuclear
energy production, the EU countries can work for obtaining a
large share in this undertaking," she said.
Talking about climate change, she said both India and the
EU have clear differences in their approach to deal with the
problem.
"The EU countries favour quantitative restrictions on
green house gas emissions whereas India finds it difficult to
adopt emission caps given its priority for development and
economic growth," Kaur said.
On WTO deadlock on Doha round, the Minister said a
"multilateral, rule-based universal trading regime is in the
best interest of both developed as well as developing
countries."
Reiterating India's demand for strengthening the role of
United Nations, she said the EU recognises the need to make
the multilateral system more responsive.
She also favoured reforms in international financial
institutions like IMF and the World Bank. PTI