Eye on NSG membership
NEW DELHI, 5 June 2016, DHNS
India is nudging the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to consider its plea for a berth in the cartel on the basis of its “own merit”.
India will not overtly oppose Islamabad’s bid for entry into the NSG, but will rather seek support of the members of the cartel on the basis of its own “impeccable non-proliferation track-record”, officials told the DH.
New Delhi, however, is of the view that the NSG would surely take into account Pakistan’s history of clandestine nuclear proliferation to countries like North Korea and Iran. India submitted its application for membership of the NSG on May 12. Pakistan did the same on May 19. Both the pleas are likely to be discussed when the 48-nation cartel will hold its annual plenary in South Korea later this month.
The US has since 2010, been supporting India’s bid to enter the cartel that controls the global nuclear commerce. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama are likely to discuss the issue when they meet in Washington DC on June 7.
India will not overtly oppose Islamabad’s bid for entry into the NSG, but will rather seek support of the members of the cartel on the basis of its own “impeccable non-proliferation track-record”, officials told the DH.
New Delhi, however, is of the view that the NSG would surely take into account Pakistan’s history of clandestine nuclear proliferation to countries like North Korea and Iran. India submitted its application for membership of the NSG on May 12. Pakistan did the same on May 19. Both the pleas are likely to be discussed when the 48-nation cartel will hold its annual plenary in South Korea later this month.
The US has since 2010, been supporting India’s bid to enter the cartel that controls the global nuclear commerce. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama are likely to discuss the issue when they meet in Washington DC on June 7.
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