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Western powers want to sell nukes to India, never mind about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)……

Western powers have taken a keen interest in the nuclear emergence of India …… making it an attractive
prospect for technology exporters.

If India joined the NSG, it would be the only member of the suppliers group that has not signed up to the 1970 nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT)

BRITAIN LOBBIES FOR NUCLEAR EXPORT GROUP TO ADMIT INDIA Yahoo 7 News, Reuters June 15, 2013 By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA – Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi’s standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries.

The diplomatic tussle centres on whether emerging power India should be allowed into a key forum deciding rules for civilian nuclear trade, even though it has refused to join an international pact under which it would have to give up its nuclear weapons.

London, Washington, Paris and others argue nuclear-armed India should
join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) – established in 1975 to ensure
that civilian nuclear exports are not diverted for military purposes.

Britain has pressed its case in a paper prepared ahead of the NSG’s
annual meeting this week, arguing India qualifies because of the size
of its civilian atomic industry and its commitment to stopping the
spread of military material.

Western powers have taken a keen interest in the nuclear emergence of
India – particularly its ambition to expand its capacity in the next
20 years by adding nearly 30 reactors, making it an attractive
prospect for technology exporters.

But other NSG states have voiced doubt about accepting a member like
India that built up a nuclear arsenal outside a global pact set up
more than four decades ago to prevent countries from acquiring nuclear
arms.

If India joined the NSG, it would be the only member of the suppliers
group that has not signed up to the 1970 nuclear non-proliferation
treaty (NPT)……
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June 15, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | marketing, politics international, UK